Microsoft

Sr Software Engineer/Principal 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
  • 4+ years of technical engineering experience with programming languages (C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python)
  • Proficiency in C#, .NET, Microservices architecture, and REST APIs
  • Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform
  • Hands-on app development experience using AI Technologies and Azure PaaS services

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end software development lifecycle from requirements to deployment
  • Develop AI-driven features to enhance user experience
  • Design resilient solutions aligned with architectural best practices
  • Mentor team members through code reviews and design feedback
  • Collaborate with product teams and UX designers to enhance engineering capabilities
  • Establish best practices for coding, testing, and documentation
  • Identify and implement process optimizations and innovations

Benefits

  • Diverse company culture fostering innovation and creativity
  • Opportunities for skill growth and development
  • Collaborative environment with multi-disciplinary teams
  • Engagement in impactful projects that drive customer success
  • Involvement in the latest AI technology integration in product development
Full Job Description
Overview

As a Senior Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer, you will lead the end-to-end software development lifecycle, including requirement gathering, architecture, application and database design, development, testing, and deployment. You will build AI-infused applications, Agentic Solutions and Copilots, enhancing user experience and productivity, fostering creativity, and turning ideas into strategic solutions. All this while enforcing engineering best practices to ensure high-quality, scalable, and secure solutions.

Commercial Sales Experiences organization is part of Microsoft Commercial Business (MCB) responsible for all systems and tools to drive Cloud and AI Solutions to help customers realize value for their investments, by supporting Microsoft Field and Corp resources with programmatic and scalable assets. Commercial Sales Experiences Engineering team is responsible for driving and building apps and engineering solutions to enable key seller roles across MCB. Commercial Sales Experiences is looking for a full stack Software Engineer to join us to drive and deliver innovative and world-class solutions. In this role, you will be responsible for multiple products in Commercial Sales Experiences platform and solutions and deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our users.

We are highly energetic team driving direct impact to our customers and Microsoft. We are proud of our diverse culture, and our developers are empowered to innovate. If you have an eye for building impactful apps & solutions in agile environment, this is a great opportunity for you to have an impact on Microsoft's mission to enable our customers to achieve digital transformation through successful adoption of Microsoft Cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership and Engineering Excellence:

Lead the end-to-end software development lifecycle, including requirement gathering, architecture, application and database design, development, testing, and deployment, while enforcing engineering best practices to ensure high-quality, scalable, and secure solutions. Leverage AI and develop Copilot features within the application to enhance user experience and productivity.

Solution Design and Architecture:

Develop resilient solution designs that adhere to architectural best practices, security by design, and business goals, guiding the team in selecting optimal technologies and design patterns for sustainable and high-performing systems.

Mentorship and Team Development:

Mentor team members through code reviews and design feedback, promoting skill growth, inclusion, and a collaborative culture that contributes to both individual and team success.

Collaboration and Cross-Team Partnership:

Foster collaboration with Microsoft product teams, program managers, and user experience (UX) designers to manage dependencies, share knowledge, and jointly deliver updates to enhance engineering capabilities.

Quality Assurance:

Establish and enforce best practices in coding, testing, and documentation to ensure high standards for code quality, performance, and service reliability.

Site Reliability:

Support and maintain existing services & integrations with LOB applications across the enterprise.

Continuous Improvement and Innovation:

Identify and implement opportunities for automation, process optimization, and technical innovation, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement within the team.

Planning and Communication:

Participate actively in sprint and semester planning, provide accurate cost estimates, and maintain transparent communication on deliverables, risks, and milestones.

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 Qualifications

Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport.

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
  • 6+ years of experience as a software engineer building commercial software and proven track record of shipping successful software products & services.
  • 4 + Experience in delivering applications with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, especially Power Apps, Power Automate, and familiarity with PowerFX and component design.
  • 5+ years of experience in leading, managing, and driving technical and architectural dependencies.
  • Technical skills should include proficiency in C#, .NET, Microservices architecture, REST API's, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, or equivalent languages/frameworks.
  • Hands-on experience in app development using AI Technologies, ASP.NET, Azure PaaS services like Web apps, Function Apps, Service Bus, Event Hub, REST API, SQL and NoSQL.
  • Experience working in agile teams or startup environments with customer focus.
  • Communication skills and ability to collaborate in a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Software Engineers, Program Managers, and Data Scientists.
  • Demonstrated ability to harness next-generation AI development tools like GitHub Copilot, Copilot CLI/SDK, Claude CLI, or equivalents to transform the SDLC by building agents, plugins, skills, and MCP servers that drive automation and engineering excellence at scale.
  • Technical experience and knowledge in Enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure, architecture designs & proficiency in Azure PaaS services and cloud-native platforms, including: App Platform & Compute: Web Apps, Function Apps, AKS, Azure Container Apps
  • Data & Databases: Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Azure Synapse, and NoSQL databases.
  • Experience influenting and impacting in cross-group and matrixed team environments.


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

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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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