Senior Software Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to the development of Microsoft’s rapidly growing commercial platform. As part of the Commerce Platform & Experiences team, you will help build and operate world-class commerce experiences for customers and partners, working on highly strategic and industry-relevant projects. 
 
In this role, you will tackle engineering challenges, writing high-quality code to build robust, reliable, and highly distributed software systems using the latest technologies. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside engineers to develop systems that support all Microsoft businesses & 3rd party partners to go to market across all channels (consumer, enterprise, direct, partner) and in all clouds. You’ll be empowered to envision, design, code, validate, and deploy key features with substantial customer impact, collaborating with teams across the company to gain broad exposure and broad technical experience. 
  
At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. We foster a culture of inclusion, growth, and innovation, built on values of respect, integrity, and accountability. If you're passionate about driving meaningful impact, solving complex problems, and contributing to a growing organization, we would love to hear from you. 

Required 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 
    
• 4+ years of industry experience building, designing, managing and delivering highly available, large-scale cloud services and/or distributed systems/services on a cloud platform 
  
• 2+ years of technical leadership and experience steering projects involving cross functional teams

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 Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Preferred Qualifications: 

• 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 building and shipping production grade software or services 
  
• Familiar with modern security models like OAuth and token-based authentication and authorization 
  
• Experience with DevOps practices and managing CI/CD pipelines
• Experience in an object-oriented programming language such as C# 
   

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 August 8th, 2025.

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Responsibilities:  

• Evaluates requirements, estimates development costs, designs and implements software, and continuously improves the development process. 
• Works autonomously on specific software features or components, contributing broadly to product development while demonstrating technical leadership.  
• Proficient troubleshooting (debugging) skills, finding practical solutions to complex problems. 
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.  
• Embody our culture and values