Senior Software Engineer

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

The Purview Data Governance team’s mission is to deliver a market leading solution for enterprise data management, discovery, understanding, and access. The customer personas served by Purview Data Governance include the enterprise data office, enterprise-wide data owners and data stewards, and enterprise-wide data consumers across all organizational functions. We are seeking a passionate and dynamic Senior Software Engineer (full-stack web UX+API) to join us in our mission of creating a cutting-edge cloud service and AI (Artificial Intelligence) based enterprise data governance solution and best practices for our customers. The committed candidate will exemplify a commitment to customer obsession, foster a culture of innovation, champion collaboration, thrive in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment, and demonstrate a proficient sense of ownership and accountability.

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.
• 2+ years of experience in single page web app UX development in TypeScript/JavaScript, React/Redux, HTML5, CSS3, and AJAX/REST API/JSON handling.

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, 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, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Applied experience in the best practices of federated data governance in a global enterprise.
• Broad understanding of enterprise architectural considerations pertinent to federated solutions.
• Applied experience in building and operating federated enterprise data management solutions.
• Applied experience in architecting and implementing clean solutions for complex integrations.
• Experience in building and shipping production-grade, large-scale, fault-tolerant cloud services and distributed systems.
• Experience in building AI/Copilot experiences in enterprise/commercial software.
• Experience in full-stack development and testing.
• Experience in navigating enterprise change management.

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 and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

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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• Drives a customer-first, live site-first, design-first, and agile team culture to develop and operate cloud services at high scale, throughput, and resilience.

• Leads and implements design decisions to champion and incorporate scalability, cost optimization, and observability. Develops and maintains a comprehensive architecture and execution plan for the long term.

• Creates clarity and leads the definition of priorities and planning of engineering deliverables. Demonstrates a proficient dedication to achieving high quality results, in line with customer focus and project timelines.

• Tackles challenges posed by problems with unclear solutions, timelines, and constraints. Your resilience, perseverance, resourcefulness, and growth mindset will be key in driving the team towards innovative and impactful outcomes.

• Diversity and Inclusion (D&I): Promote a culture of inclusion where diverse perspectives are valued, and all team members feel empowered to contribute.

• Complementary Ownership and Collaboration: Take full ownership of responsibilities while collaborating with others to drive cross-functional success. Work seamlessly with team members, partners, and stakeholders to achieve shared goals and deliver exceptional results. Facilitates alignment within and across all the partner teams on technology and design decisions. Fosters a culture of partnership, respect, and inclusion working within and across teams, roles, and geography.

• Offers competent technical advice to the leadership team.

• Mentors and grows other engineers.

Other 

• Embody our Culture and Values