Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers to levels they cannot achieve anywhere else. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.  

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our ideas are better, our products are better, and our customers are better served.  

The Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services team is a globally distributed engineering team aiming to bring the power of the Microsoft Cloud to next-generation foundational capabilities for digital financial markets.  Come create transformational results for our customers using Azure and AI, with a critical focus on the performance, reliability, security, and regulatory compliance needs of the financial sector.  Our multi-disciplinary team members contribute directly to Microsoft’s mission to empower every organization on the planet to achieve more. 

We are looking for a new Senior Software Engineer to join us on the journey of delivering the building blocks for digitally transforming financial industry workloads across the world. Are you excited to learn and explore many aspects of the depth and breadth of Azure, Microsoft 365, Co-Pilots, and Microsoft Fabric? Are you ready to build customer centric products that meet regulated industry requirements with Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure & platforms by considering scale, resiliency, and security needs of our customers? Are you interested in joining a continuously learning, globally collaborating team dedicated to innovation and embracing diverse perspectives? Then come and join us! 

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience coding in one of these languages:  C#, Java or Python 

• OR equivalent experience. 

• 6+ years experience with ReactJS, AngularJS or similar technology and building great user experiences  
• Experience building high-performance and resilient services on one of the following public cloud platforms: Azure, AWS or GCP 

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

• Experience with TypeScript/JavaScript 
• Good knowledge of HTML/CSS, bonus for background in browser nuances or accessibility 
• Enjoys working on the forefront of web technologies, motivating others to solve challenging problems, and demonstrates engineering excellence practices 
• Experience owning and developing UX features end-to-end 
• Knowledge and passion for OSS libraries and community 

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. 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.

Responsibilities: 

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services team, you will Participate in the development of the, leveraging cutting-edge technology on copilots and contributing to strategic partnerships with the ecosystem.  

Your responsibilities will include -  

• Develop/Extend UI frameworks (on M365 stack and beyond) to surface on cloud for Financial Services experiences.   
• Drive architectural changes by profiling and improving UX performance and frontend architecture, together with design and leadership.  
• Influence core platform (M365/Copilot studio) components to enable UI extensibility for the partner/customer ecosystem  
• Proactively identify technical debt to maintain alignment to the standardized MSFT UI frameworks (such as Fluent) impacting the performance or reliability of the software and devising solutions. 
• Constantly staying informed about the latest developments in the LLM UX and generative AI field and identifying opportunities to apply new methods or technologies to improve the copilot offerings 
• Invest in the growth of an inclusive and capable environment by mentoring and training team members within the team and across the org