Microsoft · 8 hours ago
Senior Software Engineering, Teams Services
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
4+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Teams Core Services team. The role involves designing, building, and operating backend services to support Microsoft Teams, focusing on improving resiliency, performance, and reliability while driving AI-assisted initiatives.
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Responsibilities
Design and implement scalable, performant, and resilient backend services to support Microsoft Teams scenarios
Own live site operations for the services you build — monitoring health, diagnosing issues, and driving incident resolution
Apply cloud resiliency patterns such as circuit breakers, retries, bulkhead isolation, throttling, and stale cache strategies
Partner across disciplines and geographies to deliver cross-team initiatives and integrated services at scale
Participate in efforts to enhance engineering productivity using AI technologies and automation, contributing to a culture of continuous learning and improvement
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design guidance, and knowledge sharing
Contribute to service infrastructure and observability efforts to support hyper-scale growth and specialized cloud expansion
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
Preferred
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
Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and high-throughput, low-latency services and operating backend services in a cloud environment (Azure, AWS, GCP)
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools or interest in enhancing developer workflows through automation
Solid collaboration, communication, and partnership skills with a global, cross-functional team
Passion for technical excellence, growth mindset, and mentoring others
Company
Microsoft
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Funding
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