Do you want to help revolutionize how Microsoft measures, monitors, and manages its multi-billion business portfolio? Do you want to design and build the next generation of user experiences and analytics platforms using cutting-edge technology? Do you want to influence product engineering teams to shape the next generation of data and analytics capabilities available to millions of Microsoft customers worldwide? The Finance Data and Experiences Team is seeking a highly motivated Data Engineer to support the OneTax Data Management and Engineering team. This team is dedicated to executing business operations and data management of the OneTax system, which includes delivering business-relevant initiatives and driving tool strategy. OneTax is an enterprise reporting application that encompasses all of Microsoft’s Indirect Tax data and supports tax compliance, audits, and planning. It is a cloud-built big data solution leveraging the latest Azure technologies to process hundreds of millions of rows of data per month. OneTax has a worldwide user base, and the team’s mission is to serve those users by enabling compliant tax filings, audit support, and data insights through trusted and timely tax data. We pride ourselves on a culture of customer centricity, innovation, agility, transparency, and flexibility. We are always eager to hear new ideas and promote out of the box thinking when addressing complex process, architecture, or technology challenges. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. **Responsibilities** As a Data Engineer, you will have the opportunity to partner with the Tax organization as well as multiple Engineering teams to design, develop and implement tax reporting solutions for all of Microsoft. In this role, you will work with Azure, SQL, Synapse, Fabric and other cloud-native platforms to help architect and develop a suite of future-state analytics capabilities. To be successful in this role, you will be able to do the following: + Apply standard modification techniques and operations (e.g., inserting, aggregating, joining) to transform raw data into compatible formats for downstream data sources and databases, employing software, query languages, and computing tools to assess and enhance data quality and completeness. + Follow data modeling and data handling procedures to maintain compliance with applicable laws and policies across assigned workstreams. + Understand security initiatives and implement security standards in the solutioning. + Perform root cause analysis to identify reasons for detected problems and anomalies, implementing basic solutions to minimize points of failure to ensure data quality and optimal performance throughout the data lifecycle. + Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and capture the business challenge, evaluate feasibility, and rapidly develop streamlined dashboards and reporting solutions. + Understand dependencies across multiple systems and provide data-based insights into the health of data products owned by the team according to service level agreements (SLAs). + Engage fully in all components of the SDLC release cycle with Engineering and prepare and execute end-to-end test scenarios. + Investigate and manage user support inquiries and escalation inquiries about Microsoft data, tools, and processes. + Be available outside of business hours to support financial close procedures and attend calls to support technical incidents. + Leverage AI technologies, including Microsoft Fabric and OpenAI, to enhance data processing, analysis, and reporting capabilities. + Embody our culture and values **Qualifications** **Required/Minimum Qualifications** + Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering , or related field AND 2+ years experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling or data engineering work + OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in business analytics, data science, software development, or data engineering work + OR equivalent experience. + This role does require you to be onsite 3+ days a week. **Additional or Preferred Qualifications** + 5-7 years of data engineering experience with big data processing systems or online services. + 5-7 years of experience with any of the following: (SQL, Python, DAX, Power BI, Power Query, Tableau). + Advanced experience and skills in SQL, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Lake, Azure Databricks, and other leading-edge technologies. + Effective problem-solving skills and the ability to utilize experience to improve processes. + The ability to multi-task and deal effectively with ambiguity. + Experience in analyzing large volumes of data, extracting insights, and processing large data sets. + Proven process improvement/automation experience. + Knowledge of AI technologies, including Microsoft Fabric and OpenAI. + Knowledge of tax and revenue financial reporting. + Ability to ramp up quickly on new technologies. Data Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $98,300 - $193,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $127,200 - $208,800 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay Microsoft will accept applications for the role until February 18, 2025. \#FD&E #CFT #Finance Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .