Microsoft · 2 weeks ago
Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure & Backend
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
4+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company focused on empowering every person and organization on the planet. The Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure & Backend will be responsible for ensuring software, tools, and code meet high standards for scale and security, while collaborating with teams to manage dependencies and improve security practices.
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Responsibilities
Owns product/solution architecture by testing design hypotheses and creating detailed specifications
Explores and evaluates design options, outlining strengths and weaknesses for complex scenarios
Collaborates with architects to build and modify complex solutions, providing feedback proactively
Identifies and manages dependencies, ensuring security, compliance, performance, and reliability across systems
Coordinates with other teams to resolve conflicts and achieve common goals where dependencies overlap
Produces high-quality, secure, and performant code, applying best practices and improving maintainability
Escalates blockers and risks, communicating impacts on timelines and proposing mitigation strategies
Conducts timely code reviews, ensuring standards, test coverage, diagnosability, and adherence to best practices
Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), monitoring systems, responding to incidents, and driving global resolutions
Leads efforts to reduce incident volume, analyzing patterns and implementing broad preventive measures
Qualification
Required
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
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
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
6+ years of experience designing, developing, or maintaining secure software systems, with applied knowledge of authentication, data protection, access control, and secure coding practices
6+ years of experience working with distributed data processing frameworks such as Apache Spark, Databricks, or similar technologies to transform and manage large-scale datasets
6+ years of experience designing and developing scalable solutions using microservices architecture and related technologies (e.g., REST, gRPC, Docker, Kubernetes)
3+ years of experience building consensus and resolving conflicts across cross-functional teams to drive alignment and effective decision-making
Benefits
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
Company
Microsoft
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