Full Job Description
Responsibilities
- Identify dependencies across teams and incorporate them into design documents while collaborating to resolve conflicts
- Lead and own architecture discussions, develop complex design specifications, and ensure designs meet performance, security, and compliance requirements
- Collaborate with partner teams to ensure scalability, performance, and live-site readiness of subsystems
- Continuously update skills and share knowledge on engineering design principles and new technologies such as AI
- Utilize and develop AI software tools to improve engineering productivity and code quality
- Drive automation across production deployment to enable efficient, zero-touch releases
- Act as a designated responsible individual (DRI) for live site monitoring, incident resolution, and postmortem analysis
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls OR equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience supporting complex IT environments, with a strong understanding of system and service management challenges.
• Experience operating in large distributed or air-gapped environments, with a focus on reliability, security, and compliance.
• Ability to build consensus and influence across teams to achieve common goals.
• Recent experience with Azure or equivalent hyperscale cloud technologies.
• U.S. citizenship verification is required due to legal and customer requirements for this role.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including an active Top-Secret clearance with CI or FSP (if CI, willingness to upgrade to FSP) and successful completion of the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications
• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
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.
