Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer

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Redmond, WA, USA or Mountain View, CA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$120k - $261k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Translate customer and partner needs into technical requirements with product managers and engineering teams.
  • Lead the design and delivery of query, blob, and gRPC data-access service components.
  • Write, test, review, and maintain high-quality code focused on correctness, performance, security, and maintainability.
  • Design and evolve gRPC service APIs and C# and Rust client libraries for partner teams.
  • Own production health through monitoring, safe deployments, on-call participation, incident diagnosis, and root-cause remediation.
  • Use telemetry, profiling, and customer feedback to improve reliability, scalability, performance, and resource efficiency.
  • Mentor engineers and provide code reviews, design reviews, and technical guidance.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree with 3+ years of experience, or a bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design principles.
  • Experience building and operating large-scale distributed services in production, including on-call, incident response, safe deployment, and telemetry-driven diagnosis.
  • Experience designing APIs, client libraries, or platforms used by other engineering teams, including gRPC-based systems.
  • Experience with storage systems, query engines, or other data-intensive services.
  • Experience owning components from design through operation, coordinating cross-team dependencies, and mentoring engineers.
  • Familiarity with security, authorization, privacy, and compliance in cloud services.
  • Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud Background Check and applicable customer or government security screening requirements.

Benefits

  • The role is available in Redmond, the Bay Area, or New York.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The position is open for at least five days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.

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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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