Senior Software Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join Microsoft Specialized Clouds! Microsoft Specialized Clouds (MSC) is at the forefront of delivering industry-leading cloud and edge capabilities for customers with advanced sovereignty, security, and compliance needs. Our mission is to build and operate platforms that enable Microsoft’s edge vision, serving regulated industries, governments, and organizations worldwide.

As part of MSC, you’ll work with a globally distributed team of engineers, architects, program managers, product managers, UX researchers, and designers who thrive on solving complex challenges at scale. We design and deliver specialized workloads, adaptive cloud solutions, and sovereign environments that empower customers to achieve more—securely and efficiently.

Microsoft Specialized Clouds engineering team is looking to hire talented and highly motivated Software Engineers to be on point for designing and implementing the next-generation Specialized Clouds products and services for customers across the globe. This person will need to be solid technically, with in-depth knowledge and experience in analyzing data and requirements, designing, developing and releasing services or products to end users

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. 

• 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 or Python
o OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in programming, design and problem-solving skills, with a solid bias for quality and engineering excellence.
• Experience developing cross-platform software.
• Experience with modern software development and/or micro service technologies.

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

o 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

o OR equivalent experience.

• Experience in implementing large-scale, low latency and high-quality distributed systems.
• Experience in developing Agentic AI applications.
• 3+ years hands on experience in any language such as C#, Go, Rust or Powershell.
• Experience in Kubernetes and familiar with open sources services in Kubernetes ecosystem.
• Cloud and services experience, with Azure cloud experience as a preference.

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: US corporate pay information | Microsoft Careers

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 1, 2025.

• Be a dependable individual contributor– extending the team culture, helping plan and prioritize work and be accountable for world-class cloud service.
• Design and implement scalable, highly available services which will be part of the core Edge Platform.
• Be directly responsible for transforming loosely defined ideas into tangible design
• Drive the implementation and execution to bring the vision to life.
• Traditional software engineering skills such as agile methodologies with a focus on efficiency, iterating quickly and failing fast.
• Ability to implement scalable, maintainable and efficient code.