Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products of our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture. 

​​Within Azure Data, the messaging and real-time analytics team provides comprehensive solutions and a robust platform that enables users to ingest high granularity signals (real-time & observability) and complex data, converting those into a competitive advantage in real-time for both end users and modern applications.

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As part of Data Activator, we’re creating the future of real-time intelligence products. In effect, we’re augmenting reality with timely, data-driven insights. We’re making it easy for people to make sense of the millions of events happening around them and see what actions to take every second of every day. We’re looking for a back-end Senior Software Engineer to help design, develop and build scalable cloud services, development kits, and AI/ML models so that people can easily extract the full value of the signals around them. You would solve complex technical problems and leverage the latest technologies to deliver world class systems powered by AI. We’re a small, rapidly growing team. We value people, learning, and excellence. We cultivate a high-trust environment with great collaboration, open dialogue, and fun. It is a place for you to learn a lot and grow, both as an engineer and as a technical leader.   

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world. 

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/Minimum 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, React or Python  
  • OR equivalent experience.

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/Additional Qualifications 

• 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, React, or Python
  • OR 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, React or Python  
  • OR equivalent experience.  

• Systematic problem solving with clean, modular design thinking   
• Track record of excellence in software engineering, including design, coding, code reviews, testing, and devops   
• Effective communication and collaboration in a team environment   
• Experience with building, deploying, and operating applications and services on cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP)   
• Experience using AI models and Copilot   
• Growth mindset to learn, seek diverse viewpoints, and stay current with industry trends and techniques  
• Startup mentality to move and iterate rapidly, work across disciplines, and focus on customers 

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 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 $145,800 - $238,600 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 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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• Drive engineering improvements continuously to ship more rapidly and efficiently with higher quality  
• Contribute to the product vision, roadmap, architecture, and planning  
• Collaborate with partner teams to deliver new value in our product and across Microsoft’s products  
• Work with customers to understand their pain points and make them successful  
• Foster a culture of excellence, inclusion, collaboration, and customer focus  ​
• Embody our culture and values