Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft • $119K — $234K *
San Antonio, TX 78228In-Person
Information Technology
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience or a Master's degree in a related field with 6+ years of experience preferred.
  • 6+ years of experience designing, developing, testing, and operating full-stack web applications or distributed software systems.
  • 4+ years of experience developing backend services and APIs using C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, or similar technologies.
  • 2+ years of experience building responsive web experiences using frameworks like React, TypeScript, or Angular.
  • 1+ years of experience implementing secure authentication and authorization using OAuth 2.0 or similar platforms.
  • 6+ months of experience using AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with product managers and engineering teams to translate user needs into full-stack solutions.
  • Design, develop, test, and operate web applications using C#, .NET, and front-end technologies like React and TypeScript.
  • Optimize and refactor code to enhance application performance and maintainability.
  • Implement secure service integrations using REST APIs and identity management protocols.
  • Build AI-powered applications using Microsoft technologies and frameworks.
  • Apply AI-assisted engineering tools to improve development processes and quality.
  • Develop tools that connect AI experiences to enterprise systems while ensuring security and compliance.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
  • Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
  • Flexible work arrangements and a supportive work environment.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and resources.
  • Participation in innovative projects within a leading tech company.
Full Job Description
Overview

Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation is the team behind the infrastructure that powers Microsoft's cloud. Within the organization, our engineering teams build secure, scalable, and intelligent platforms that support complex planning, execution, and operational workflows to support Microsoft's capacity delivery expansion plans.

We are looking for a SeniorSoftware Engineer with strong full-stack development experience. You will work closely with product managers, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into reliable, maintainable, and intuitive solutions. Familiarity with project scheduling, construction scheduling, or planning systems is helpful but not required.

Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with product managers, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to understand user needs and translate requirements into secure, scalable, and accessible full-stack solutions.
  • Design, develop, test, and operate modern web applications using C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, REST APIs, and front-end technologies such as React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Blazor, or comparable frameworks.
  • Create, optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse high-quality code to improve application performance, reliability, security, accessibility, maintainability, and operational efficiency.
  • Design and implement secure service integrations using REST APIs, OpenAPI specifications, OAuth 2.0, Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, role-based access control, and API management patterns.
  • Build AI-powered applications and agents using Microsoft Foundry, Foundry Agent Service, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Microsoft Agent Framework, Semantic Kernel, or related technologies, including grounding, tool integration, orchestration, evaluation, monitoring, and responsible AI controls.
  • Apply AI-assisted engineering tools and practices to improve development velocity and quality across requirements analysis, architecture, coding, code review, testing, debugging, modernization, documentation, and live-site investigation.
  • Develop agent tools and integrations that securely connect AI experiences to enterprise APIs, data sources, workflows, and business systems while respecting user identity, authorization, data boundaries, and least-privilege access.
  • Partner with other engineering teams to identify dependencies, resolve complex system-integration challenges, and develop design documents for products, services, APIs, and platform capabilities.
  • Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, release planning, testing, deployment, telemetry implementation, and production readiness activities.
  • Support live-site operations as a Designated Responsible Individual when appropriate, investigate service degradation, communicate status, and contribute to restoring service for complex issues.
  • Proactively learn and apply emerging engineering and AI patterns that improve system availability, observability, security, performance, evaluation quality, and operational consistency at scale.
  • Share reusable code, prompts, agent tools, evaluation assets, engineering practices, and technical learnings with the broader engineering community.


Qualifications
Required/minimum 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.


Additional or preferred qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field AND 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, or a master's degree in computer science or a related technical field AND 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent experience.
  • 6+ Professional experience designing, developing, testing, and operating full-stack web applications or distributed software systems.
  • 4+ years' experience developing backend services and APIs using C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, or comparable server-side technologies.
  • 2+ years' experience building responsive and accessible web experiences using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Blazor, Angular, Vue.js, or comparable front-end frameworks.
  • 2+ years' experience designing and integrating REST APIs, including API contracts, versioning, error handling, authentication, authorization, telemetry, and resiliency.
  • 1+ years' experience implementing secure authentication and authorization using OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, or comparable identity platforms.
  • 6+ years' experience applying software engineering fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures, design patterns, automated testing, code reviews, source control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.
  • 6+ months of demonstrated use of AI-assisted development tools, such as GitHub Copilot or comparable tools, to improve engineering efficiency, code quality, testing, troubleshooting, or documentation.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and collaborate across engineering, product, and business disciplines.
  • Experience with agent-development concepts such as tool calling, prompt and context engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, Azure AI Search, structured outputs, conversation state, multi-agent orchestration, agent identity, evaluation, tracing, observability, and safety controls.
  • Familiarity with project scheduling, Oracle Primavera P6, work-breakdown structures, milestone management, schedule analytics.
  • 2+ years of experience with enterprise data platforms and integration technologies such as Microsoft Fabric, Dataverse, Power Platform.
  • Demonstrated ability to work across organizational boundaries, manage technical dependencies, mentor other engineers, and contribute reusable engineering assets and practice.


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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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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
NASDAQ
MSFT
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