Business Group Overview
Build the secure cloud foundation behind Azure AI Search and enterprise AI applications. You will join the Data Governance team within Microsoft's Core AI organization in Redmond, WA. You will develop networking, identity, encryption, privacy, observability, and billing capabilities that help customers adopt AI Search with confidence.
Job Purpose Overview
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will build infrastructure that protects customer data and keeps search services reliable. You will own features through design, coding, testing, deployment, and production support while developing skills in resilient system design, automation, and operational diagnostics. This hybrid role requires three days per week onsite in Redmond.
Company and Culture
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we're dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product managers and partner teams to define customer requirements and acceptance criteria for infrastructure features.
- Identify dependencies and design distributed services, documenting security, privacy, reliability, scalability, and performance tradeoffs.
- Implement, test, debug, and refactor production code and APIs, using automated tests and staged rollouts to deliver safe changes.
- Drive feature and release plans, coordinate cross-team dependencies, and mentor peers through design and code reviews.
- Participate in a shared on-call rotation with our compute infrastructure team; diagnose provisioning and service incidents, restore service, and improve recovery procedures.
- Use telemetry, monitoring, and automation to improve availability, reliability, efficiency, and performance, and reduce recurring operational work.
Qualifications
Required 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 is 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience, OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years of technical engineering experience, OR equivalent experience, with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- Experience developing C#/.NET services or automating Azure resource provisioning and deployment.
- Experience implementing cloud networking, identity/access controls, encryption, or data-retention/deletion controls.
- Experience implementing telemetry, monitoring, usage metering, or billing pipelines.
- Experience designing, developing, and maintaining distributed systems in production.
- Experience developing or integrating REST APIs.
- Experience developing or operating services on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding experience, or equivalent experience
- Ability to meet Microsoft Cloud Background Check and other applicable Microsoft, customer, or government security screening requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience, or a master's degree and 6+ years, or equivalent experience
- Experience developing C#/.NET services or automating Azure resource provisioning and deployment
- Experience implementing cloud networking, identity and access controls, encryption, or data-retention and deletion controls
- Experience implementing telemetry, monitoring, usage metering, or billing pipelines
- Experience designing, developing, and maintaining distributed systems in production
- Experience developing or integrating REST APIs
- Experience developing or operating services on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform
Microsoft Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Microsoft and has not been reviewed or approved by Microsoft.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage is described as comprehensive, with U.S. plans covering preventive care at 100% and limiting annual out-of-pocket costs. Mental-health counseling, employee assistance, and wellbeing resources are also emphasized.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave, family-caregiver leave, childcare assistance, and family concierge services are highlighted as core elements. These supports are presented alongside parenting and family-planning resources.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Vacation, holidays, and flexible work schedules are emphasized, with generous time-away policies noted. Leave options extend beyond standard vacation to include caregiver and parental programs.
Microsoft Insights
What We Do
At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our mission is grounded in both the world in which we live and the future we strive to create. Today, we live in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, and the transformation we are driving across our businesses is designed to enable Microsoft and our customers to thrive in this world.
