Commercial Engineering & AI (CEAI) partners closely with stakeholders to accelerate the transformation of Microsoft’s commercial business into a frontier organization. We bring together AI‑native engineering, modern platforms, and deep commercial insight to reimagine how work gets done - at scale and with impact. Our mission is to unlock new ways of operating through intelligent systems while creating the conditions for our teams to do the most meaningful work of their careers. If you’re excited to build, experiment, and shape the future of commercial execution with AI at the core, we invite you to apply.
Responsibilities
AI‑Native Development
Uses AI tools effectively across the SDLC, taking accountability for reviewing and validating AI‑generated outputs with minimal guidance.
Coding
Develops, reviews, and improves code with a focus on quality, security, and maintainability, while leveraging testing, telemetry, and best practices to prevent and resolve issues.
Design
Collaborates on architecture and design decisions, evaluates options, and contributes to scalable, secure, and well‑documented solutions aligned with product requirements.
Engineering Excellence
Applies best practices across security, compliance, performance, and automation, while continuously improving tools, processes, and system reliability at scale.
Implement
Executes project and release plans, breaking down work, ensuring secure and compliant deployments, and using safe rollout strategies like flighting and experimentation.
Reliability and Supportability
Maintains live‑site health through monitoring, incident response, and telemetry, improving troubleshooting processes and ensuring secure, reliable service operations.
Understand User Requirements
Works with stakeholders to understand customer needs and incorporates both explicit and implicit feedback into feature design and continuous improvements.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ 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
- Experience with distributed systems, micro-service architecture, scalability patterns, and high-availability architectures. 1
- Experience contributing to solution design by exploring design options, documenting technical decisions, and proactively managing upstream and downstream dependencies while partnering with other teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure solutions.
- Experience with REST Based API’s development, messaging patterns (e.g. Service bus, Event Hub, Storage Queues) and cloud storage technologies ( e.g. Cosmos DB)
- Experience in deploying, monitoring, and operating services in the cloud.
- Industry experience with cloud technologies (Azure, AWS, Google).
- Familiarity with modern engineering practices such as CI/CD and version control systems like Git.
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, LLM-based coding assistants) to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and software delivery.
- Problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to debugging and performance optimization.
- Communication and collaboration skills.
- Problem-solving, troubleshooting, and organizational skills.
- Experience with or exposure to Agile and iterative development processes.
Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 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 $133,800 - $219,200 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
- 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding
- Coding experience in one or more of C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- Experience with distributed systems, microservice architecture, scalability patterns, and high-availability architectures
- Experience contributing to solution design, documenting technical decisions, and managing technical dependencies
- Experience developing REST-based APIs and using messaging patterns such as Service Bus, Event Hub, or Storage Queues
- Experience with cloud storage technologies such as Cosmos DB
- Experience deploying, monitoring, and operating cloud services
- Industry experience with Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud
- Familiarity with CI/CD and Git version control
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or LLM-based coding assistants
- Data-driven problem-solving, debugging, and performance optimization skills
- Communication and collaboration skills
- Problem-solving, troubleshooting, and organizational skills
- Experience with or exposure to Agile and iterative development processes
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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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.
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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.
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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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What We Do
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