Senior Software Engineer

Location: Redmond
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world. Microsoft AI platform is the next generation cloud business positioned to address the growing AI market. We are on the verge of an AI revolution and have a tremendous opportunity to empower our partners and customers to harness the full power of AI responsibly. We offer a fully managed AI platform to accelerate the research, development, and operations of AI powered intelligent solutions at scale. Do you want to join a team entrusted with serving all internal and external ML workloads, including that of cutting-edge multi-modality AI models from Azure OpenAI, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, and so on? We are already serving billions of requests per day on the most cutting-edge scenarios across the company. You will be joining the AI Inferencing team, influencing the overall product, driving new features and platform capabilities from preview to General Availability, and many exciting problems on the intersection of AI and cloud. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about designing and building highly reliable, available platform to support service at scale. You will also be expected to work on high throughput/low latency scenarios and drive performance optimization capabilities. 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 customers are better served. 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. Qualifications Required/Minimum Qualifications Bachelors 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, or Golang OR equivalent experience. Experience in developing and operating high scale, reliable online systems. 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. Additional or Preferred Qualifications Bachelors 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#, or Golang OR Python OR Masters 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#, Golang, or Python OR equivalent experience. Experience in distributed computing and architecture. Platform and capability development experience in Azure or other Cloud technologies strong plus. Experience in developing low latency systems. Knowledge in Network architecture and concepts (HTTP and TCP Protocols, Authentication and Sessions etc). Knowledge and experience in OSS, Docker, Kubernetes, C++, Golang, or equivalent programming languages. 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. Microsoft posts positions for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Responsibilities Engage directly with key partners to understand and implement complex capabilities including managing large scale multi-tenant platform. Anticipate, identify, assess, track and mitigate project risks and issues in a fast-paced start up like environment. Drive thought leadership, architecture and high scale, complex graph topologies, high throughput, low latency system. Respond, resolve and incorporate customer feedback with agility and obsession. Embody our culture and values

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