Senior Software Engineer, Safety and Compliance - Microsoft Gaming

Microsoft is committed to ensuring that we develop and deploy our AI technologies in ways that uphold our AI principles and warrant people’s trust.

Here in Microsoft Gaming, we are on a mission to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet. We deliver on that vision by putting players at the center, enabling you to play the games you want, with the people you want, anywhere you want. Gaming Player Services and Operations is at the heart of our ambition to reach billions of players across the globe, ensuring that every player feels included and engaged across Xbox. We do this through our commitment to driving operational excellence through innovation and ensuring player and partner delight across Microsoft Gaming.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to develop cutting-edge safety solutions that enable partners and game studios to launch and maintain secure, safe, and compliant offerings for our players.

Within the Safety, Trust, & Responsibility team, our mission is to grow and protect global player communities. We believe that wherever you play, it should be a fun, safe, and inclusive environment—and it’s our job to provide the services, expertise, and support to make accessible, world-class player experiences possible. We champion safety, transparency, compliance, and the responsible use of AI, with trust at the core of how we operate. We embrace experimentation to reach more players, inform business decisions, and deepen our understanding of customer and player needs. Through a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement, we support and challenge one another to perform at our highest quality.

Responsibilities

• Leverage advanced Agentic AI to shape the future of Safety within the Gaming organization.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define user requirements and incorporate feedback into future designs and solutions.
• Design scalable and secure systems, identifying dependencies and integration points across teams and technologies.
• Produce extensible and maintainable code, applying metrics to drive quality, stability, and performance.
• Champion testing improvements by adding new tests, removing outdated ones, and optimizing the test suite.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure adherence to quality standards and established practices.
• Maintain live service operations, implement solutions to complex issues, and communicate status to stakeholders.
• Drive incident reduction and integrate telemetry for performance, reliability, and safety monitoring.
• Stay current with industry trends and adopt new technologies to improve product performance and operations.
• Scale product development to meet customer requirements and performance expectations.

Qualifications

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, Python, or React/Typescript
  • OR equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience collaborating with diverse cross-functional teams to achieve shared objectives
• 5+ years of experience designing secure and scalable services on Azure
• 6+ months Agentic Development OR hands on AI/ML experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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, Python, or React/Typescript
  • OR 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, Python, or React/Typescript
  • OR equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience with distributed systems, performance analysis, databases, and/or large-scale data processing
• Full-stack development experience across multiple platforms
• Experience building and working in a Continuous Delivery environment
• Ability to work in a dynamic and evolving environment
• Experience with compliance, safety, or trust-related systems
• Proven ability to mentor and empower team members while embracing a positive and supportive team culture

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements is 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.

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

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.