Senior Software Engineer
Role Overview
Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation is the team behind the infrastructure that powers Microsoft’s cloud.
Within the organization, our engineering teams build secure, scalable, and intelligent platforms that support complex planning, execution, and operational workflows to support Microsoft's capacity delivery expansion plans.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with strong full-stack development experience.
You will work closely with product managers, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into reliable, maintainable, and intuitive solutions.
Familiarity with project scheduling, construction scheduling, or planning systems is helpful but not required.
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.
We build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Key Skills for This Role
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Required/minimum qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
Other Requirements
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Additional or preferred qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field AND 8+ years of professional software engineering experience , or a master’s degree in computer science or a related technical field AND 6+ years of professional software engineering experience , or equivalent experience.
- 6+ Professional experience designing, developing, testing, and operating full-stack web applications or distributed software systems.
- 4+ years’ experience developing backend services and APIs using C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, or comparable server-side technologies .
- 2+ years’ experience building responsive and accessible web experiences using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Blazor, Angular, Vue.js, or comparable front-end frameworks .
- 2+ years’ experience designing and integrating REST APIs , including API contracts, versioning, error handling, authentication, authorization, telemetry, and resiliency.
- 1+ years’ experience implementing secure authentication and authorization using OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, or comparable identity platforms .
- 6+ years’ experience applying software engineering fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures, design patterns, automated testing, code reviews, source control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.
- 6+ months of demonstrated use of AI-assisted development tools, such as GitHub Copilot or comparable tools , to improve engineering efficiency, code quality, testing, troubleshooting, or documentation.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and collaborate across engineering, product, and business disciplines.
- Experience with agent-development concepts such as t ool calling, prompt and context engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, Azure AI Search, structured outputs, conversation state, multi-agent orchestration, agent identity, evaluation, tracing, observability, and safety controls.
- Familiarity with project scheduling, Oracle Primavera P6, work-breakdown structures, milestone management, schedule analytics.
- 2+ years of experience with enterprise data platforms and integration technologies such as Microsoft Fabric, Dataverse, Power Platform.
- Demonstrated ability to work across organizational boundaries, manage technical dependencies, mentor other engineers, and contribute reusable engineering assets and practice.
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- Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 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
- This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
- Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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