Senior Software Engineering, Teams Services Job at Microsoft Corporation (Redmond)

Senior Software Engineering, Teams Services

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:

Are you passionate about building high-scale, reliable, and intelligent cloud services? The Microsoft Teams Core Services team powers the foundation of one of Microsoft’s fastest-growing products, serving over 330 million users around the world. As part of our team, you’ll help develop resilient infrastructure that supports hyper-scaling, powers expansion into specialized clouds, and upholds the service fundamentals of performance, availability, and security. You’ll be part of a high-energy, collaborative team that values learning, ownership, and engineering excellence. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, build, and operate mission-critical backend services that support the scale and growth of Microsoft Teams. You will lead efforts to improve resiliency, performance, and reliability of core systems, and contribute to AI-assisted initiatives that enhance developer productivity. This opportunity will allow you to grow your expertise in distributed systems, drive service excellence, collaborate across global teams, and expand your leadership impact. 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:

Design and implement scalable, performant, and resilient backend services to support Microsoft Teams scenarios
Own live site operations for the services you build — monitoring health, diagnosing issues, and driving incident resolution
Apply cloud resiliency patterns such as circuit breakers, retries, bulkhead isolation, throttling, and stale cache strategies
Partner across disciplines and geographies to deliver cross-team initiatives and integrated services at scale
Participate in efforts to enhance engineering productivity using AI technologies and automation, contributing to a culture of continuous learning and improvement
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design guidance, and knowledge sharing
Contribute to service infrastructure and observability efforts to support hyper-scale growth and specialized cloud expansion

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
Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and high-throughput, low-latency services and operating backend services in a cloud environment (Azure, AWS, GCP)
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools or interest in enhancing developer workflows through automation
Solid collaboration, communication, and partnership skills with a global, cross-functional team
Passion for technical excellence, growth mindset, and mentoring others

Nice to have:

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

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 13, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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