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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CANew York, NY
Salary
$119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted
54 days ago
Closes
Oct 19, 2026
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

Microsoft currently has 1580 open roles on FindRole.

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Microsoft AI is seeking a Backend Engineer to join its dynamic team dedicated to advancing the capabilities of Copilot, a personalized AI assistant. As a Member of Technical Staff, you will build secure and performant APIs for Copilot apps, collaborating closely with product engineers, Product Managers, and platform teams to transform ambiguous projects into impactful user experiences. The role involves working on the core backend platform including Orchestrator, Inference, and APIs, leveraging public cloud infrastructure like Azure or other leading platforms. Ideal candidates have 4+ years of experience in building scalable services, distributed systems at scale, and are proficient with technologies such as GraphQL, REST APIs, Protobuf, Thrift, WebSocket, SSE, WebRTC, and feature flags.

Skills

GraphQL REST Protobuf Thrift WebSocket SSE WebRTC Azure AWS GCP Docker Kubernetes CI/CD PostgreSQL MongoDB

What you'll do

  • Design and implement secure, high-performance APIs for Copilot apps.
  • Develop scalable backend services on public cloud infrastructure like Azure.
  • Build distributed systems capable of handling large-scale data processing.
  • Collaborate with product managers to define and refine project requirements.
  • Ensure consistency in mobile data schema code generation and version control.

What we're looking for

  • 4+ years of experience building backend APIs for mobile apps using GraphQL, REST, Protobuf, Thrift.
  • Proficiency in developing scalable services on public cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
  • Expertise in creating distributed systems at scale with knowledge spanning bare-metal hosts to containers and networking.
  • Experience working collaboratively with product managers and platform engineers to develop innovative features.
  • Familiarity with backend and mobile data schema code generation, version control for mobile releases, analytics.

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