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We are the Store Team within Microsoft’s Substrate Storage Fabric—the core platform that fuels Microsoft 365 experiences, from the latest AI-powered Copilot innovations to Outlook and Teams, etc. Our team delivers ultra-low latency data access at massive scale. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design, evolve, and modernize the core systems that power Copilot. If you’re passionate about building ultra‑low‑latency, high‑throughput services that run on a global scale, this role gives you the opportunity to shape one of Microsoft’s most strategic products. 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.
Job Responsibility:
Designs, manages and modernizes our technology stack leveraging expertise in building and optimizing latency-critical applications using C# and RUST
Plays a pivotal role in managing, implementing and scaling systems that demand high performance and low latency
Leads efforts to continuously improve code performance, testability, maintainability, effectiveness, and cost, while learning about and accounting for relevant trade-offs
Acts as DRI and leads on-call operations, ensuring system health and rapid incident response across product lines
Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products
Embody our culture and values
Requirements:
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
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
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 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 equivalent experience
Demonstrated experience at the Senior level for at least 2 years, with clear ownership of architecture, design decisions, and technical direction across multiple workstreams
On-call experience supporting production-grade, highly available systems serving millions of users