Senior Software Engineer

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

Are you passionate about building cutting-edge backend services handling massive data? Are you excited about building customer facing product which leveraging the latest GPT models, tools, and knowledge? We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer who is excited about building, operationalizing, and delivering highly scalable backend services with enterprise-grade features. In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of AI technology incorporate with existing mature office cloud and make a significant impact on our customers across Office 365.

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

• Design, develop, and operationalize deployment of complex, enterprise-grade cloud services that leverage multiple Services and platforms across Microsoft.
• Be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of these services, ensuring their scalability, reliability, and security.
• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for features.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, researchers, UX design, and product managers.
• Lead by example, Lead discussions on the architecture of products or solutions and apply engineering principles to establish robust and maintainable architecture and designs.
• Find a path to get things done despite roadblocks to get your work into the hands of users quickly and iteratively. Ship high-quality, well-tested, secure, and maintainable code.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, design-driven, product development cycle.

Qualifications

Qualifications Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

  • OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements

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.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor'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 Master'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.

• Experience working in large-scale cloud services. 

• Self-motivation and a drive to get things to “done”

• Ideal candidates will have ML and online service background

• Deep understanding of cloud technologies, distributed compute systems, and distributed systems and microservices architecture

• System design, algorithmic skills, and knowledge of data structures

• Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and user experience

• Passion for learning new technologies and staying up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in web development and AI

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to changing requirements and deadlines
  

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 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 December 20, 2024.

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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