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Responsibilities
Design, build, and evolve highly scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems.
Lead the technical design and architecture of complex product features and services, driving engineering excellence and long-term maintainability.
Partner closely with Product Management, Data Science, Engineering, and Platform teams to define strategy, requirements, and execution plans.
Drive end-to-end delivery of critical projects, including design reviews, implementation, monitoring, experimentation, and operational excellence.
Use telemetry, A/B experimentation, and customer insights to identify opportunities, improve product health, and enhance customer experience.
Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, and help raise the engineering bar through code reviews, design reviews, and best practices.
Influence technical direction across multiple teams and contribute to platform-wide architectural decisions.
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.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR equivalent experience.
4+ years' experience in building scalable, secure, high-performance products and services on the backend.
Excellent technical design, problem solving and debugging skills, proven track record in shipping software on time, with high quality.
Great team player and communicator, solid believer in collaboration and teamwork.
Demonstrated ability to independently drive complex technical initiatives from concept to production with high quality and predictable execution.
Knowledge of Distributed systems design, Microsoft Azure, AWS or similar cloud computing platforms.
Knowledge of modern web technologies, service-oriented architectures, observability, reliability engineering, and data-driven development.
Experience with data-intensive applications and AI/ML-enabled products.
Experience in online advertising, search, e-commerce, or large-scale consumer products.
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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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
