Senior Software Engineer - Insights, Data Engineering & Analytics (IDEAS) team

Does pioneering new and innovative ways to compute and showcase business critical insights via secure and compliant processing of customer content sound exciting to you? Are you passionate about data and looking for a great opportunity to be more data-informed at Microsoft? Do you want to contribute to an effort that is one of the most critical for the success of Microsoft? If so, the Insights, Data Engineering & Analytics (IDEAS) team might be an excellent place for you to grow your career. Microsoft 365 is at the core of our Company’s mission to enable people and organizations to achieve more.

The Team:

Our team’s goal is to champion a data-informed culture; to inspire and enable the entire Experiences + Devices group to make more informed decisions through data. We see this effort as a huge opportunity to provide information to the organization that will improve efficiency, empowerment, and helps Microsoft win in the critical cloud business sector.  

The Role:

Senior Software Engineer - Insights, Data Engineering & Analytics (IDEAS) team

We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about leading the Microsoft Copilot analytics project. This project aims to enhance data processing capabilities for Microsoft Copilot(s) and other strategic initiatives that are business critical for the company. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will have a key role in integrating, operationalizing, developing robust ingress and egress applications, centralizing metadata, and ensuring exemplary compliance with security requirements across all sovereign clouds 
 

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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
    
• 3+ years experience with system design
• 2+ Experience with at least one of the following scripting languages: PowerShell, Python, Perl, JavaScript or Ruby for data manipulation and automation tasks.  

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:

• Experience with building cloud scale big data applications. 
• Experience with sovereign cloud environments and ensuring compliance. 
• Knowledge of modern data architectures and cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP). 
• Previous experience in leading large-scale data processing projects. 

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.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and incorporate user feedback, ensuring continuous feedback loops for measuring customer value. 
• Lead architecture discussions, create design documents, develop testing plans, and ensure system security and compliance. 
• Produce maintainable code, apply debugging tools, and participate in code reviews to ensure quality and adherence to best practices. 
• Drive project plans, conduct experimentation, and ensure safe deployment and implementation of solutions. 
• Maintain live service operations, act as DRI, integrate telemetry data, and analyze metrics to refine products.