Senior Software Engineer

Posted 6 Days Ago
5 Locations
In-Office
120K-261K Annually
Senior level
Software • Quantum Computing • Metaverse • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
The Role
Develop and operate secure, scalable full-stack web applications and AI-powered agents using Microsoft technologies. Responsibilities include backend and frontend development, API and identity integrations, responsible AI implementation, testing, architecture reviews, deployment, observability, live-site support, and cross-team collaboration. The role also involves mentoring engineers, managing dependencies, and contributing reusable engineering practices and assets.
Summary Generated by Built In
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.


Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with product managers, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to understand user needs and translate requirements into secure, scalable, and accessible full-stack solutions.

  • Design, develop, test, and operate modern web applications using C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, REST APIs, and front-end technologies such as React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Blazor, or comparable frameworks.

  • Create, optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse high-quality code to improve application performance, reliability, security, accessibility, maintainability, and operational efficiency.

  • Design and implement secure service integrations using REST APIs, OpenAPI specifications, OAuth 2.0, Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, role-based access control, and API management patterns.

  • Build AI-powered applications and agents using Microsoft Foundry, Foundry Agent Service, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Microsoft Agent Framework, Semantic Kernel, or related technologies, including grounding, tool integration, orchestration, evaluation, monitoring, and responsible AI controls.

  • Apply AI-assisted engineering tools and practices to improve development velocity and quality across requirements analysis, architecture, coding, code review, testing, debugging, modernization, documentation, and live-site investigation.

  • Develop agent tools and integrations that securely connect AI experiences to enterprise APIs, data sources, workflows, and business systems while respecting user identity, authorization, data boundaries, and least-privilege access.

  • Partner with other engineering teams to identify dependencies, resolve complex system-integration challenges, and develop design documents for products, services, APIs, and platform capabilities.

  • Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, release planning, testing, deployment, telemetry implementation, and production readiness activities.

  • Support live-site operations as a Designated Responsible Individual when appropriate, investigate service degradation, communicate status, and contribute to restoring service for complex issues.

  • Proactively learn and apply emerging engineering and AI patterns that improve system availability, observability, security, performance, evaluation quality, and operational consistency at scale.

  • Share reusable code, prompts, agent tools, evaluation assets, engineering practices, and technical learnings with the broader engineering community.


Qualifications
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 tool 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.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
  • Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, or master's degree and 6+ years, or equivalent experience.
  • 6+ years of experience designing, developing, testing, and operating full-stack web applications or distributed software systems.
  • 4+ years of experience developing backend services and APIs using C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, or comparable technologies.
  • 2+ years of experience building responsive and accessible web experiences using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Blazor, Angular, Vue.js, or comparable frameworks.
  • 2+ years of experience designing and integrating REST APIs.
  • 1+ year of experience implementing secure authentication and authorization using OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, or comparable identity platforms.
  • 6+ years of experience applying software engineering fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures, design patterns, automated testing, code reviews, source control, CI, and CD.
  • 6+ months of demonstrated use of AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or comparable tools.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and collaborate across engineering, product, and business disciplines.
  • Experience with agent-development concepts including tool calling, prompt and context engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, Azure AI Search, structured outputs, conversation state, orchestration, identity, evaluation, tracing, observability, and safety controls.
  • Familiarity with project scheduling, Oracle Primavera P6, work-breakdown structures, milestone management, and schedule analytics.
  • 2+ years of experience with enterprise data platforms and integration technologies such as Microsoft Fabric, Dataverse, or Power Platform.
  • Ability to work across organizational boundaries, manage technical dependencies, mentor engineers, and contribute reusable engineering assets and practices.

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.

  • 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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