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Sr. Software Engineer--M365 COSMIC Team

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2 days ago
Suzhou, China or Shanghai, ChinaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end delivery of platform features and services, including design, implementation, testing, rollout, and production operation.
  • Build reliable and scalable components for Kubernetes-based infrastructure, service deployment, lifecycle management, and operational workflows.
  • Improve engineering quality and developer productivity through automated testing, integration validation, CI/CD systems, and reusable tooling.
  • Design for security, reliability, and operability using telemetry, diagnostics, controlled rollouts, and recovery mechanisms.
  • Develop automation, including appropriately governed AI-assisted or agent-based approaches, to reduce repetitive work and operational risk.
  • Investigate production issues using telemetry, identify root causes, and deliver improvements to platform reliability and performance.
  • Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and service owners to clarify requirements, make technical trade-offs, and deliver measurable outcomes.
  • Participate in on-call support and incident response and mentor engineers through design discussions and code reviews.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience.
  • Coding experience in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Go, C#, or Python.
  • Experience designing, building, and supporting distributed systems, cloud services, or backend infrastructure.
  • Experience delivering significant features or services from requirements and design through production.
  • Strong coding, debugging, testing, and systems-design skills.
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containers, and Azure or comparable cloud platforms.
  • Experience with deployment orchestration, control planes, infrastructure automation, or large-scale service lifecycle management.
  • Experience building engineering systems such as CI/CD pipelines, integration tests, release validation, or developer tooling.
  • Experience improving reliability through observability, incident investigation, performance analysis, and safe deployment practices.
  • Experience applying AI tools or agents to software development or operational workflows, including evaluating effectiveness and managing risks.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft Cloud Background Check and other applicable security screening requirements.
  • Preferred: master’s degree with 6+ years of technical engineering experience, or bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of technical engineering experience.

Benefits

  • The position is open for a minimum of five days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.
  • Microsoft provides an inclusive equal opportunity workplace and offers assistance with religious and disability accommodations during the application process.
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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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