Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft$119K — $234K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Doctorate in engineering-related field with at least 1 year of experience or Master's with 4 years, or Bachelor's with 5 years relevant experience.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft security screening requirements, including a Cloud Background Check.
  • Background in firmware development and testing strategies.
  • Experience in modern server architectures, including CPU and GPU systems.
  • Over 7 years of software development experience in languages like C, C++, C#, and Python.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and operate large scale, low latency, high throughput systems.
  • Evaluate AI technologies and architectures for firmware/hardware improvements.
  • Implement AI platform enhancements, including fine-tuning custom ML models.
  • Drive continuous improvement through Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
  • Contribute to data analysis and product engineering decisions as Designated Responsible Individual (DRI).
  • Participate in live service operations, focusing on system performance and reliability.
  • Support architectural design documentation and identify dependencies among product features.
  • Produce code for technical hypotheses testing and validation efforts.
  • Collaborate on quality assurance, augment test cases, and enhance automation in testing.
  • Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and accessibility standards while contributing to production automation.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement plans.
  • Opportunities for career advancement and professional development.
  • Flexibility with hybrid and remote work options.
  • Access to employee discounts and perks through Microsoft programs.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Responsibilities

  • Develop and operate large scale, low latency, and high throughput systems.


  • Evaluate AI technologies (such as LLMs, SLMs, embeddings) and architectures (such as orchestration patterns, RAG, etc) when developing solutions targeting firmware/hardware improvement.


  • Specify or implement AI platform improvements like fine-tuning or training custom ML models.


  • Drive the continuous improvement process based on Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and identified opportunities.


  • Contributes to data analysis and feedback integration for product engineering decisions, acting as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for monitoring and restoring system functionality within Service Level Agreement (SLA) timeframe.


  • Participates in live service operations, and supports telemetry data integration for system behavior insights, with a focus on performance, reliability, and safety.


  • Supports the identification of dependencies and design documentation for product features, learns about system interactions and back-end dependencies, and contributes to architectural processes under guidance.


  • Produces code to test hypotheses for technical solutions and assist with technical validation efforts.


  • Collaborates on quality assurance plans, augments test cases, and integrates automation into testing, while understanding the implications of security and compliance in system architecture.


  • Ensures compliance with security, privacy, safety, and accessibility standards, leverages developer tools for code creation and debugging, contributes to automation in production and deployment, and proactively seeks knowledge to improve product availability, reliability, efficiency, and performance at scale.


  • Define and measure the success/impact of requested analytics & reporting features via quantitative measures.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.

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 Qualifications:

  • Background or experience in firmware development, testing strategies, and requirement definitions.


  • Experience in working with the modern server architectures - includes understanding of GPU, GPU system hardware, Memory or CPU and methods for failure analysis, debugging or validation


  • Experience with data center hardware/software projects, from concept through deployment.


  • Over 7+ years of experience in software development using one or more programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Python, etc.


Firmware Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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