Senior Software Engineer

Are you a customer-obsessed, AI-curious problem-solver who thrives in an inclusive, collaborative global team? The Azure Customer Experience (CXP) team’s mission is to transform Microsoft Cloud customers into fans. Through our deep engineering engagements with customers and teams across Microsoft, we analyze and amplify customer needs and drive the vision to improve Cloud quality, security, and reliability. Our culture of growth mindset and empowerment are central to who we are and how we work.

The focus of our Azure CXP Engineering is to build extensible platforms, connected customer experiences (CX), enable digital transformation, and improve customer outcomes. Our top-level objectives include winning customer satisfaction by providing the help they need and reducing customer challenges. Our team believes in living the core Microsoft values of Respect, Integrity and Accountability.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a passion for delivering well-designed, scalable, and reliable software for large-scale projects. As part of this role, you will collaborate closely with multiple teams across Microsoft to deliver key customer solutions and the technology to support them.

You will be a meaningful part of a team that values diversity of thought and recognizes everyone for their personal strengths and desire to learn and grow. 

Every day, our customers stake their business and reputation on our cloud. You can help Azure CXP provide our customers with the world-class cloud services they need to succeed.

 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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

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
    o OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience designing, implementing, and releasing complex software systems and services using a major cloud technology stack such as Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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 field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C# or Java
    o OR master’s degree in computer science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering with coding in C# or Java
• 3+ years of experience designing, implementing, and releasing complex software systems and services using Azure
• A good working knowledge modern software development methodologies and tools that enable these, such as GitHub, Azure DevOps, etc.
• Ability to lead by example and mentor others to produce extensible and maintainable code.
• Proficiency in computer science concepts including data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills and ability to drive cross-organizational initiatives.
  
  
  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 November 12, 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.

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• Produce extensible and maintainable designs and code.
• Optimize, debug, and refactor code to improve performance and maintainability, and effectiveness.
• Apply metrics to drive the quality and stability of code, as well as appropriate coding patterns and best practices.
• Apply debugging tools and examine logs, telemetry, and other methods to verify assumptions through writing and developing code proactively before issues occur and reactively as issues occur for products.
• Review code to assure it meets quality standards, is reliable and accurate, and is appropriate for the scale of the product/solution area.
• Mentor engineers.