Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft is on a mission to build platforms and products that create and complete magical experiences across Microsoft, to empower every person and organization to achieve more.

As part of that mission, Microsoft Devices Engineering Service team is on a journey to create new experiences. A fundamental part of our strategy is having desirable and powerful devices that enable the experiences people want. Creating these new experiences and devices involves close partnership between hardware engineers, software engineers, designers, and manufacturing along with the various industry partners that closely collaborate to create industry defining firsts. Our obsession with the right experience with our passion to enable everyone to do and be their fullest potential is reflected in the devices that we ship. 

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help shape the future of engineering platforms and practices. You will design and build scalable, secure, and intelligent services that accelerate product development in highly secure environment. This is a high-impact role with the opportunity to influence Microsoft's Surface product development and make tangible difference in protecting Surface customers worldwide.

If you are an engineer with a track record of delivering high quality services and platforms, passion to build and grow, and the excitement to operate in a startup culture while delivering services with enterprise level maturity, this is a great opportunity for you to take the next step in your career. This is a high visibility position in an area of large and expanding investment for Surface and offers a terrific opportunity to innovate, influence, transform, and grow! Our culture promotes diversity and inclusion and is clearly reflected in all the things we do. Diversity is more than a commitment for us - it is the foundation of what we do.

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. 

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#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Solid design, coding, debugging, teamwork, partnership and communication skills.
• Proven ability to find a shippable solution given conflicting and ambiguous requirements.
• Demonstrated technical skills in driving design, architecture with cross product and services dependencies.
• Ability to drive innovation with customer obsession.

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#, 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#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 5 years of experience in developing services and platforms in Cloud.
• 2 years of experience in deploying and managing distributed services or platforms.
• Be self-driven, curious to learn, proactive, and result oriented.
• Experience with cross group design and coordination is an advantage.

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 September 21, 2025.

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• Influence and align the platform/product vision by collaborating with partners, product management and engineering teams.
• Work across the stack — from UI to backend — with a bias for impact and iteration.
• Drive engineering excellence through thoughtful technical design, automated testing, observability, and operational rigor.
• Contribute to team culture by mentoring peers, sharing knowledge, and fostering an inclusive, growth-oriented environment.
• Continuously learn and adapt to new technologies, patterns, and best practices in AI, distributed systems, and cloud-native development.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, 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.