Senior Software Engineer-Word Copilot

Come join Word NLX (Natural Language Experiences) team to work on state-of-the-art services, platforms, distributed systems, user experiences, and modern technology to deliver the next generation of productivity experiences used by hundreds of millions of users daily! We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with passion for full stack development to join our Word Copilot team. 

At the core of our mission lies the pursuit of next-generation productivity experiences. We envision a world where work becomes more intuitive, efficient, and creative. To achieve this, we’ve harnessed the power of large language models (LLMs) using Microsoft 365 Copilot. 

Microsoft 365 Copilot is your steadfast companion in the world of work. Copilot in Word provides the first draft that one can edit and iterate upon. It writes, edits, summarizes, and creates alongside you. We’ve taken bold steps, enabling Copilot in Word to empower millions of users. But our journey has just begun. Challenges abound—fine-tuning prompts, ensuring responsible AI, providing grounded but creative content, adapting to diverse writing styles and meeting ever-increasing user expectations.   

Our commitment extends beyond productivity. We’ve woven Copilot into the fabric of enterprise security and privacy. As we reimagine work, we invite you to join us on this transformative journey. Let’s turn words into impact, one keystroke at a time. 

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in creating next generation productivity experiences. 

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop innovative features for Word Copilot. You’ll work on full-stack development, from crafting intuitive front-end interfaces to building robust back-end services. Leverage state-of-the-art LLM and other ML models to create intelligent agents that assist users in real time and customize Word Copilot to meet the unique needs of individual users and organizations.  

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Establish long term technical strategy and direction for Word Copilot, create and improve architecture designs for Word Copilot technical challenges that involve multiple teams and services.  
• Design, produce and deliver software to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, security, efficiency, etc. of a service.  
• Drive the engineering culture to strive for a scalable architecture, operational excellence, experimentation driven culture, growth mindset, and being customer obsessed.  
• Driving innovation and changes by influencing, leading, and collaborating effectively across leadership, teams, and organizations.  
• Driving features, projects, and open-ended problems towards resolution.    
• Take initiative to identify and fix bottlenecks, proactively create proposals for further improvements of the system, process, and owned product.  
• Foster a healthy and inclusive team environment, provide technical guidance to other engineers and act as mentor.  
• Work with international teams within Microsoft.  

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, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience as a software engineer designing, implementing, and shipping cloud services or software products. 
• 4+ years of experience with end-to-end project development 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, or Python
  • 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, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.

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 will accept applications for the role until June 20th, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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