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 engineering experience in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, AWS, or similar cloud platforms.
  • Experience with modern AI technologies including Generative AI and cloud-scale data platforms.
  • Ability to mentor developers and lead cross-team infrastructure projects.
  • Demonstrated proficiency with React, JavaScript, Knockout, C#, or similar programming languages.

Responsibilities

  • Drive design and implementation for cloud-native infrastructure used by Azure Observability services.
  • Own production-quality features from design through deployment and monitoring.
  • Collaborate with adjacent infrastructure and observability teams to align on dependencies.
  • Participate in on-call and incident response to enhance automation and troubleshooting processes.
  • Utilize knowledge of cloud computing platforms to improve system efficiency.
  • Apply AI-driven innovations to enhance productivity and customer experience.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Access to cutting-edge technologies and scalability of high-demand services.
  • Participation in a robust team culture that emphasizes mentorship and collaboration.
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
  • Flexible work options to support work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Overview

Microsoft's Azure Data engineering team is looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer. We are leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

Within Microsoft Fabric, the Azure Monitor team builds services that enable customers to monitor, detect, troubleshoot, and mitigate issues with their services through an increasingly agentic experience. Azure Monitor includes Log Analytics, Application Insights, Container Insights, Hosted Prometheus, Azure Managed Grafana, and more. Additionally, Azure Monitor is the platform upon which Microsoft Sentinel is built. We have a multi-billion dollar business that is growing rapidly, and we run some of the world's highest scale observability services both for Microsoft internally and for our external customers, processing over 1.5 Exabytes of logs daily and tracking over 100 billion active metrics.

The Azure Monitor team has the charter to deliver the core telemetry platform of choice for the company. In this position, you will be actively contributing to building the next generation system for collecting, processing, storing, and analyzing monitoring and diagnostic data. We ship customer driven experiences for consumption of logs, so full stack experiences with emphasis on Front end components like React, Knockout, JavaScript frameworks and backend components with C# is preferred. Knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, AWS or similar cloud computing platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Drive well-scoped design and implementation work for cloud-native infrastructure used by Azure Observability services across multiple environments.
  • Own production-quality features end to end, including design, coding, validation, deployment, monitoring, and live-site support.
  • Partner with adjacent infrastructure, observability, and platform teams to align dependencies, clarify ownership, and deliver supportable solutions.
  • Participate in on-call and incident response; use learnings from live-site issues to improve automation, telemetry, troubleshooting guides, and prevention mechanisms.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, AWS or similar cloud computing platforms
  • Experience with modern AI technologies, including Generative AI, LLMs, RAG-based solutions, and cloud-scale data platforms.
  • 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.

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:
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, AWS or similar cloud computing platforms
  • Experience with modern AI technologies, including Generative AI, LLMs, RAG-based solutions, and cloud-scale data platforms. Ability to apply AI-driven innovations to improve developer productivity, operational efficiency, and customer experiences.
  • Ability to mentor developers in the team and drive experiences across teams to deliver infrastructure capabilities with clear ownership and supportability.
  • Experience improving reliability, security, observability, networking, or operational excellence for live services.
  • Preferred demonstrated experience with React, JavaScript, Knockout, C# or similar programming languages.


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Software 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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