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Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft · microsoft.com
RedmondSenior2+ yrs
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Senior backend engineer building distributed services and client libraries.

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11 d ago · posted 2026-11-04
Location
Redmond, WA, US

Full description

Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and partner teams to understand customer needs and translate them into clear technical requirements. Evaluate trade-offs, identify dependencies and risks, and document decisions. Write, test, review, and maintain high-quality code, with attention to correctness, performance, security, and long-term maintainability. Design and evolve service APIs, including gRPC APIs, and C# and Rust client libraries that partner teams can adopt easily. Work with those teams to integrate them successfully. Own the production health of your components through monitoring, safe deployments, and participation in the on-call rotation. Diagnose incidents, address root causes, and improve operational readiness. Use telemetry, profiling, and customer feedback to identify and deliver improvements in reliability, scalability, performance, and resource efficiency. Mentor engineers, provide constructive code and design reviews, and share knowledge to strengthen the team's engineering practices and technical judgment. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ 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 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design principles. Experience building and operating large-scale distributed services in production, including on-call, incident response, safe deployment, and telemetry-driven diagnosis. Experience designing APIs, client libraries, or platforms used by other engineering teams, including RPC frameworks such as gRPC. Experience with storage systems, query engines, or other data-intensive services. Experience owning a component from design through operation, coordinating dependencies across teams, and mentoring engineers. Familiarity with security, authorization, privacy, and compliance in cloud services.

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