Senior Software Engineer Job at Microsoft Corporation (Redmond)

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
United States , Redmond

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

119800.00 - 234700.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Do you thrive on optimizing and maintaining foundational services that power the cloud? Microsoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in the Azure Edge + Platform Silver Infrastructure Operations and Insights Team. The Operations and Insights team develops mission-critical platforms, tools, and big data solutions that empower Microsoft technicians and engineers to operate and protect Microsoft's cutting-edge cloud datacenters and high-security facilities. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll have the opportunity to build the most secure and trusted cloud that the US Government relies on for innovation. You'll design, develop, test, deploy, and support a variety of foundational cloud services, making a broad impact across Microsoft's products and customers. This role offers the chance to leverage your software and data engineering experience while delving into cloud infrastructure, big data, and cloud-scale automation. Plus, enjoy the flexibility of partially working from home while contributing to strategic projects.

Job Responsibility:

Translate user and stakeholder requirements into robust designs, clarifying acceptance criteria and aligning solutions with team architecture and security/compliance standards
Own complex components end‑to‑end: produce maintainable, performant, and reusable code
write unit/integration tests
and uphold engineering excellence through thorough reviews
Decompose large initiatives into well‑scoped work items with estimates, identify cross‑team dependencies and risks, and drive execution to hit schedule and quality bars
Serve as senior Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for services/features: lead incident response, perform root‑cause analysis, create/automate playbooks, and drive measurable incident and toil reduction
Improve service reliability and operational maturity through enhanced telemetry, observability integration, automated rollback/remediation workflows, and proactive performance tuning
Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) assets—such as resource templates, declarative configurations, and automated deployment pipelines—to ensure consistent, repeatable, and secure provisioning across clouds
Model continuous learning and knowledge sharing: evaluate emerging technologies, document patterns and runbooks, and mentor peers to uplift code quality and operational practices
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
Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph
Verification of U.S. citizenship
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements

Nice to have:

Demonstrated ability to lead through influence
Demonstrated interest and potential in people leadership (mentoring, coaching, and developing others), with a desire to grow into a people manager role over time
Experience developing front end web solutions leveraging Angular, React, or comparable frameworks
Experience with development and administration of SQL Server databases
Understanding and experience with CI/CD concepts and Git
Experienced in solving operational issues in a scalable way
Ability to thrive with the ambiguity associated with working in a fast-paced and changing environment
Experience building and supporting large-scale production services, including logging, monitoring, alerting, and measuring reliability and availability

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 21, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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