Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer

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2 months ago
Reston, VA, USA or Redmond, WA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$120k - $261k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and operate highly available, scalable, secure, and observable cloud services.
  • Drive technical design and implementation for complex engineering problems, including architectural trade-offs.
  • Own features and projects end-to-end from requirements and design through deployment and production readiness.
  • Develop expertise in cloud infrastructure, global deployment technologies, and sovereign cloud engineering.
  • Collaborate with partner teams to define solutions, resolve dependencies, and deliver cross-service capabilities.
  • Improve service reliability and operational excellence through automation, monitoring, diagnostics, and root-cause analysis.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute through design reviews, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in C#, Java, or C++, or equivalent experience.
  • Proof of citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or other protected status may be required to access export-controlled information, with citizenship verified through a valid passport or applicable documentation.
  • U.S. citizenship verification is required for work supporting government agency customers where applicable.
  • Pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
  • Preferred: 5+ years of software engineering experience designing, building, and delivering production services.
  • Preferred: experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and distributed systems.
  • Preferred: experience driving complex or ambiguous engineering projects from design through delivery.
  • Preferred: deep experience with software design, implementation, testing, and debugging.
  • Preferred: ability to build reliable, maintainable, well-tested software, collaborate across disciplines, mentor engineers, and provide technical leadership.
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About Microsoft

10,000+ employees

Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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