Microsoft · 4 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
4+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company that aspires to make the world a safer place through its security initiatives. The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for designing and developing large-scale distributed software services and solutions, focusing on integrating AI innovations with enterprise-grade security.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Work with the Product and Engineering team members to design and develop large scale distributed software services and solutions
Adhere to and drive modern software engineering practices through design reviews
System design through well-defined interfaces across multiple components, code reviews, leveraging data/telemetry to make decisions
Develop “best-in-class” engineering for our services by ensuring that the services and the components are well-defined and modularized, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored and reusable
Improve test coverage for services, organize and implement integration tests, and resolve problem areas
Consider testability, portability/monitoring, reliability, and maintainability, and understand when code is ready to be shared and delivered
Gain a working understanding of Microsoft businesses and collaborate with mentors and leaders to contribute to cohesive, end-to-end experiences for our users
Focus on customer/partner needs through a data driven approach
Troubleshoot and optimize automation, reliability, and monitoring for Live Site
Embody our Culture and Values
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to: C/C++, Golang, Rust, C# OR equivalent experience
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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred
2+ years of experience with core networking protocols and technologies
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#, Golang, Rust
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#, Golang, Rust
OR equivalent experience
Experience with development of resilient software, high-availability services
Contributions to open-source software projects
Knowledge of L7 proxy (nginx, envoy, haproxy), Data plane development kit (DPDK), L3/4 firewalls
Company
Microsoft
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