Microsoft

Software Engineer - Commercial Engineering & AI (CEAI)

Microsoft$85K — $168K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience in relevant programming languages.
  • Experience with cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS, or Google.
  • Familiarity with distributed systems and micro-service architecture.
  • Proficient in REST API development and cloud storage technologies.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to debugging.
  • Experience in deploying and monitoring services in cloud environments.
  • Familiarity with Agile methodologies and modern engineering practices.

Responsibilities

  • Adopt AI-native development practices, enhancing AI tools across the software development lifecycle.
  • Develop and ship product feature code, focusing on maintainability and testing.
  • Contribute to design by exploring solution options and validating technical approaches under supervision.
  • Follow engineering excellence standards, ensuring security, privacy, and compliance in development.
  • Participate in testing, supporting automation, and ensuring system reliability.
  • Support deployment processes, including feature rollouts and compliance alignment.
  • Act as the DRI for live-site operations, monitoring systems, and improving incident response.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance packages including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Generous paid time off and holidays.
  • Retirement savings plans with company matching.
  • Career development and continuous learning opportunities.
  • Employee discounts and wellness programs.
Full Job Description
As a Software Engineer, you will design and build AI-native systems that go beyond supporting workflows-they intelligently transform them. You will work across data, systems, and agentic workflows to enable faster insights, smarter decisions, and higher productivity across the global sales ecosystem. Responsibilities • Adopt AI-native development practices, leveraging AI tools across the SDLC while taking ownership of reviewing, validating, and improving AI-generated outputs. • Develop and ship code for product features, applying standard coding practices, maintainability, and basic debugging, testing, and telemetry techniques. • Contribute to design and implementation by exploring solution options, supporting design documentation, and validating technical approaches under supervision. • Follow engineering excellence standards, including security, privacy, compliance, and accessibility practices, while building awareness of regulatory and system requirements. • Participate in testing and quality assurance, executing test plans, supporting automation, and ensuring reliability and regression prevention. • Support deployment and release processes, including safe change practices, feature rollout (flighting), rollback planning, and alignment with compliance requirements. • Assist in live-site operations and reliability, acting as DRI for live-site issues, monitoring systems, responding to incidents, and improving troubleshooting and telemetry. • Collaborate with stakeholders and learn continuously, contributing to understanding customer requirements, integrating feedback, reusing existing solutions, and improving documentation and team practices. Qualifications Required Qualifications • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Preferred Qualifications • Experience with cloud technologies (Azure, AWS, Google). • Experience with distributed systems, micro-service architecture, scalability patterns, and high-availability architectures. • Experience with REST Based API's development, messaging patterns (e.g. Service bus, Event Hub, Storage Queues) and cloud storage technologies ( e.g. Cosmos DB) • Proficient in problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to debugging and performance optimization. • Experience in deploying, monitoring, and operating services in the cloud. • Problem-solving, troubleshooting, and organizational skills. • Experience with or exposure to Agile and iterative development processes. • Familiarity with modern engineering practices such as CI/CD and version control systems like Git. Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,400 - $168,100 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 $111,100 - $183,700 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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1975
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