Senior Software Engineer

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Redmond, WA, USA
In-Office
120K-261K Annually
Senior level
Software • Quantum Computing • Metaverse • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
The Role
Design, build, and operate AI-powered platform services for security and engineering productivity. Develop LLM-based workflows (RAG, embeddings, semantic search, agents), ensure responsible AI, privacy, and compliance, and provide technical leadership across cross-functional teams to deploy scalable, reliable production systems.
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Overview

At Surface, we create the devices and experiences that empower people to achieve more. Our engineering teams build the platforms, services and tools that enable secure, reliable and innovative product development across hardware, software, cloud, AI and security.  We are transforming engineering through AI-powered platforms, modern security practices and scalable developer experiences that accelerate innovation while maintaining Microsoft's high standards for security, privacy and compliance.

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Surface Engineering team to build secure, scalable platforms and AI-powered solutions that strengthen security, enable compliance and improve engineering productivity.  You will help shape next-generation security capabilities, AI-driven workflows and Secure-by-Design engineering practices across our Engineering Systems.

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.


Responsibilities
  • Design, build and operate AI-powered software platform services that support security engineering across Surface Engineering Systems.
  • Develop AI-enabled workflows that help engineering and security teams analyze information, retrieve relevant context, summarize findings and make faster, higher-quality decisions.
  • Build scalable systems that use large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, semantic search, knowledge graphs and related AI techniques to support security scenarios.
  • Create evaluation, measurement and monitoring approaches that help assess AI system quality, reliability, safety and effectiveness in production environments.
  • Partner with engineering, applied science, product, security operations and other teams to translate AI advances into practical, secure, durable and reliable platform capabilities.
  • Incorporate responsible AI, privacy, security, and compliance considerations into the design, deployment and operation of AI-powered systems.
  • Provide technical leadership through design documents, architecture discussions, code reviews, and collaboration with partner teams.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of experience building cloud services and distributed systems.
  • Experience with Azure, cloud-native architectures, APIs and platform engineering.
  • Knowledge of application security, threat modeling, vulnerability management, identity and access management, or software supply chain security.
  • Experience building AI-enabled applications using LLMs, RAG, vector search, agents, or related technologies.
  • Solid system design, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Experience in AI-native engineering practices, with hands-on experience applying AI to develop software solutions across the development lifecycle, including code generation, test automation and related workflows.
  • Experience with full-stack development, backend engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure services, or data-driven applications.
  • Experience building AI-powered solutions, intelligent automation, LLM-enabled applications, agentic workflows, or leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools.
  • Solid product mindset with a track record of owning ambiguous problem spaces and driving them to high-quality outcomes. 
  • Solid engineering fundamentals, including systems design, performance and debugging in complex production environments. 
  • Experience building and shipping production software or services.
  • Working knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design fundamentals.
  • Experience with cloud services, distributed systems, web experiences, or large-scale data processing.
  • Exposure to commerce, billing, metering, usage, or cost/usage reporting and analytics.
  • Familiarity with Azure, REST/API design, or telemetry and monitoring.


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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.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Microsoft Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is presented as broadly competitive overall, with clear role/level/location variation and an emphasis on using posted ranges and band information for apples-to-apples comparisons.
  • Retirement Support Retirement benefits are described as a standout, highlighted by a strong 401(k) match structure and immediate vesting, plus additional plan features for tax-advantaged saving.
  • Parental & Family Support Family-oriented benefits are portrayed as a meaningful strength, with substantial paid parental leave and added supports like back-up care and adoption/surrogacy assistance.

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