Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 4+ years of technical engineering experience or equivalent experience.
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 6+ years of experience or Bachelor's with 8+ years, or equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years in designing and delivering distributed systems, proficient in Microsoft Azure or comparable cloud platforms.
  • Experience in managing globally distributed systems with high availability and real-time requirements.
  • Proficiency in CI/CD practices and software development using languages such as Go, Python, or TypeScript.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence technical decisions across teams and translate requirements into designs.
  • Hands-on experience with AKS deployment and operating Terraform ecosystems.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and architecture for on-prem and Azure platform solutions.
  • Guide cross-functional teams in architectural discussions and decisions.
  • Develop and present architecture proposals and validate design hypotheses.
  • Support onboarding to AKS by developing tools and providing hands-on guidance.
  • Drive collaborative platform initiatives to enhance testing and workload certification.
  • Write scalable and reliable infrastructure code and share technical findings.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to understand and improve platform architecture.
  • Create design documentation and facilitate discussions for technology alignment.
  • Mentor engineers through design and testing processes.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare packages including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Generous paid time off and holidays to support work-life balance.
  • Retirement savings plans with company matching contributions.
  • Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
  • Inclusive workplace culture fostering diversity and belonging.
Full Job Description
Overview

Microsoft Ads 3rd Party Ads Solutions and Data Management Platforms is building the next innovative platform for AI-driven advertising. Our team empowers internal engineering teams through secure, scalable, and cost-effective on-prem and cloud infrastructure solutions. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who will help us maintain and evolve foundational Kubernetes and Azure platform capabilities that enable the Xandr on-prem to Azure migration to complete on time and ensure the resulting platform is stable, secure, and maintainable over the long term.

As part of the Platform Engineering team, you will partner with engineering teams, architects, and product groups to design, implement, and evangelize cloud and Kubernetes platform best practices, all while staying curious and open to trying new ideas.

Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

Responsibilities
  • Leads Infrastructure Design and Architecture: Analyze and understand challenges in on-prem and Azure platform and infrastructure solutions. Develop and build durable solutions for present and future states. Own the technical approach to create and improve architecture. Deeply understand evolving security risk, security research, and security tradeoffs associated with engineering patterns and approaches.
  • Guide cross-functional teams through architectural discussions and decision-making for solution components, including design, compliance, scaling, and cost considerations.
  • Develop and present architecture and design proposals: lead the testing and validation of hypotheses and proposed solutions.
  • Drive AKS enablement and workload onboarding: Support engineering teams transitioning to AKS by driving standardized onboarding tools, pipelines, Terraform modules, runbooks, and migration guides, and providing hands-on guidance.
  • Drive cross-cutting platform initiatives: Partner across teams to enable testing, workload certification, and migration programs and unblock adoption at scale.
  • Author Well-Designed, Scalable, Reliable Code: Author thoughtful, well-designed infrastructure code, including libraries for essential platform functions, proof-of-concept code, and bugs or foundational changes. Effectively share findings from technical investigations.
  • Collaborate with Partner Teams: Collaborate with the broader product engineering and product teams to understand product and platform architecture and develop thoughtful infrastructure improvements.
  • Lead the creation of design documentation: determine appropriate technologies and their interactions. Facilitate and contribute to design discussions, ensuring alignment across teams and incorporating learnings from prior work.
  • Nurture Talent: Mentor other engineers throughout the design and testing process.
  • Embody our culture and values.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • 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.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • 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.
  • 4+ years of experience designing, building, and operating developer productivity, CI/CD, or release engineering systems, including significant experience with Microsoft Azure (or AWS/GCP with strong Azure proficiency) and Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform or Bicep.
  • Strong proficiency in modern CI/CD and release engineering practices, including building, operating, and evolving pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps Pipelines (strongly preferred), Jenkins, Concourse, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Spinnaker, or ArgoCD. Experience owning and supporting CI/CD pipelines used by multiple engineering teams, providing shared templates, guardrails, security, and reliability at scale.
  • Experience operating large-scale, globally distributed, highly available, 24/7 systems, with a focus on release reliability, security, and operational excellence.
  • Proficiency in modern software development practices, including code review, testing, release validation, and operational readiness, using languages such as Go, Python, or TypeScript.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive architectural direction across teams, influence technical decisions around build and release systems, and translate ambiguous requirements into scalable, durable release platforms.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex release, reliability, and automation concepts to diverse audiences.
  • Hands-on experience designing and maintaining shared infrastructure and tooling ecosystems, such as reusable Terraform modules, pipeline templates, and onboarding toolchains that improve developer velocity, experience, consistency, and security across teams.


#MicrosoftAI

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800.00 - $234,700.00 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 $160,200.00 - $261,000.00 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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