Microsoft · 1 day ago
Senior Software Engineer
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
4+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company focused on empowering individuals and organizations. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to the design and implementation of intelligent backend solutions, working on high-scale distributed systems to enhance productivity features for users globally.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features
Own quality of your code and fully leverage AI development tools to accelerate development
Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight
Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable
Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation
Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems
Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale
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
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
Proven ability to design and develop loosely coupled, componentized, and unit-tested software
Ability to deal with ambiguity and understand key business needs in line with competing priorities and apply the right technology and implementation to the solution
Demonstrated strength to quickly get up-to-speed and be productive on new technical domains and are comfortable in dealing with ambiguity
Analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills with a solid understanding of object-oriented design, coding patterns, testing practices, and approaches for large-scale technical challenges
Proven ability to use AI tooling to reduce cycle time and boost throughput while maintaining Microsoft's strict standards for privacy, security, and compliance
Experience in building libraries, SDKs and other components using, but not limited to: C/C++, C#, Java, TypeScript
Extensive experience with one or more modern web technologies such as .NET, Node, building RESTful APIs, and hands-on knowledge of web concepts such as HTTP, SOAP, and MVC
Solid industry experience collaborating with others on designing, developing, testing, and shipping solutions to large scale technical problems
Solid background in designing and deploying systems and services powered by AI infrastructure, with emphasis on scalability, reliability, and performance in production environments
Company
Microsoft
Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1MKey Investors
Technology Venture Investors
2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
1986-03-13IPO
1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M
Leadership Team
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
Vukani Mngxati
Chief Executive Officer - Microsft South Africa
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