Senior Software Engineer

• Collaborates with internal stakeholders (e.g., product managers, privacy/security experts, technical leads) and external partners (e.g., customer escalation teams, public forums) to define and validate customer and user requirements for projects or product components. Integrates customer insights into future designs and solution improvements.
• Leads architectural discussions and owns solution architecture by evaluating design hypotheses and developing complex specifications. Explores and tests multiple design options for complex scenarios, presenting trade-offs and recommendations. Partners with architects to build and refine solutions, providing constructive feedback throughout the process.
• Conducts thorough reviews of product and test code to ensure adherence to team standards, adequate test coverage, and alignment with solution requirements. Offers actionable insights during code reviews to elevate code quality and mentors engineers to strengthen their technical skills.
• Applies secure design principles and best practices to develop robust, scalable code. Drives product development to meet performance, security, and scalability requirements, ensuring compliance with formal validation processes and industry standards.
• Utilizes subject-matter experience to collaborate with stakeholders (e.g., technical program managers) in defining project plans, release schedules, and work items. Breaks down work into manageable tasks, guides estimation, escalates risks, and ensures security requirements are embedded in planning.
• Serves as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), leading incident response and on-call operations to monitor system health, mitigate downtime, and maintain service continuity.
• Implements modern coding patterns and best practices, including leveraging advanced technologies such as generative AI, and ensures consistency in source code organization and naming conventions.
• Sets the standard for engineering excellence by delivering extensible, maintainable, well-tested, secure, and performant code that aligns with design specifications and business objectives.
• Embody our culture and values.

Required 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• • OR equivalent experience.

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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 $158,400 - $258,000 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.