Senior Software Engineer

Come join the fastest growing business application in Microsoft history! Microsoft Teams is an award winning application in Office 365. It's the hub for teamwork, giving teams instant access to everything they need right in the Office 365. Microsoft Teams is the canvas that keeps all your content, tools, people, and conversations together in one place. There is so much more that we have planned and will need your help in this exciting endeavor!   

Based out of Microsoft Campus in Mountain View California, the People and Presence team is responsible for all aspects of user related features on Microsoft Teams, including user profile, avatar, presence, contacts, and more. The team’s work impacts experiences across the application – chat, channels, calendar, meetings, etc. and needs to scale to tens of billions of requests per day. This is a unique opportunity to apply and hone your system design and gain exposure to cutting edge technology stack and application architecture skills with E2E ownership, and broad scope to have a huge impact. 

We are seeking a highly talented Senior Software Engineer that is passionate about creating and supporting next generation products and services, has great development skills, a passion for quality and performance, and is excited to build solutions with stellar customer experiences. 

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 discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to , C, C++, C#, Java, or Python 
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience shipping enterprise grade highly available, highly scalable, reliable, distributed systems. 
• 2+ years experience with deploying production services to cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP. 
• 2+ years experience with design, implementation in Azure Compute, Azure Storage, Azure Cache, or equivalent technology stack in other cloud providers. 
• 2+ years experience in computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, information retrieval. 

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: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science,  
  • OR related technical discipline AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to C#, or Java or other object-oriented programming 
  • OR Masters in Computer Science or Engineering AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or Python 
  • OR equivalent experience.
    
• Experience with unit-test, continuous integration and test-driven development. 
• Prior experience or interest in site reliability engineering/dev-ops. 
• Development experience in all phases of the product lifecycle. 
• Collaboration skills, including experience working across organizational boundaries. 

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 July 17, 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.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

• Architect, develop, and sustain large scale distributed platform services. 
• Participate in product design discussions with the PM teams. 
• Drive & contribute to service fundamentals. 
• Demonstrate keen attention to detail and data interpretation skills to effectively monitor, troubleshoot, and diagnose issues in a live site system. 
• Mentor other engineers and actively contribute to architectural decisions. 
• Lead the identification and definition of new features to aligning with organizational goals and service improvements. 
• Opportunity to collaborate with stakeholders and architects to deliver timely products to our partners and customers. 
• Participate in design discussions, code reviews, architecture discussions. 

Embody our Culture and Values