Data Engineer II

Microsoft Development Center Estonia, with Offices in Tallinn and Tartu, is part of the Experiences & Devices division within Microsoft and well known for its Skype history. Today, our focus is much broader. The two largest areas are building Intelligent Conversations & Communications Cloud (IC3) which powers communication services for millions of Microsoft customers around the world and building Enterprise Cloud solutions that help Microsoft to deploy, operate and audit sovereign clouds around the world.

Microsoft's Enterprise Cloud services are some of the most rapidly growing and strategically important segments in our company. The M365 Enterprise Cloud team built and run a mission-critical cloud service for the largest organizations in the world, including many of the Fortune 500 companies as well as federal, state, and local government organizations. As you might expect, customers of this nature have the highest expectations around enterprise features, regulatory compliance, reliability, and availability and security of our service.

As a Data Engineer II at Microsoft Development Center Estonia, you will be involved in the full development lifecycle – understanding business and technical requirements, creating technical architecture and documentation, coding, testing, releasing, observability, troubleshooting and fixing bugs. You will build data processing frameworks using technologies like Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Explorer, PowerBI, Spark, Python and more public and Microsoft internal tools. You will perform and get insights from data analysis, experiment with and recommend modern technologies that simplify or improve the tech stack, and work closely with partner teams, product managers, and other stakeholders.

Microsoft offers an enthusiastic, high-paced work environment where you can work on world-class problems, collaborate with experts, and impact millions of users around the world. We are open-minded, diverse and work flexible hours. You can look forward to an attractive work environment, modern benefits, and the latest hardware and software in daily use. We also focus on your personal and professional development within MDCE and beyond.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years experience in business analytics, data science, data modeling or data engineering work. OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field. OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with building data pipelines and data stores.
• Experience with Python, SQL or SQL-like languages.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Passion and eagerness for continuous learning.
• Experience with visualizing big data or dashboarding.
• Machine learning knowledge and experience.
• Comprehensive experience with data engineering and enthusiasm for data analysis.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and offers industry-leading healthcare, educational resources, discounts on products and services, savings and investments, maternity and paternity leave, generous time away, giving programs, and opportunities to network and connect.