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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
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The Senior Software Engineer joins the Outlook Platform team to build and evolve core backend services and APIs that power email and collaboration for global users. You will own features end-to-end, from technical design and implementation to testing, safe rollout, and production operations. Your daily work involves solving complex distributed systems challenges regarding reliability, performance, scalability, and security while modernizing foundational services on the Microsoft 365 Substrate. You will write maintainable code, define API contracts, and manage dependencies across teams. Required skills include proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. You must demonstrate core competencies in building cloud services, improving service latency, and utilizing telemetry and experimentation to measure customer impact while ensuring privacy and compliance within the platform.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196750 from 2601 postings across 154 companies.
Design, build, and evolve backend services and APIs that power Outlook experiences at a global scale.
Solve complex distributed systems challenges regarding reliability, performance, scalability, and fault tolerance.
Own features end-to-end, including technical design, implementation, testing, safe rollout, and production monitoring.
Write maintainable, well-tested code and modernize existing systems through architectural improvements.
Use telemetry, experimentation, and customer feedback to identify problems and measure impact.
Integrate security, privacy, and compliance requirements into service design and implementation.
Participate in production operations and incident response to diagnose issues and prevent recurrence.
Partner with cross-functional teams to define API contracts and manage service dependencies.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent experience).
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud background check.
5+ years of software engineering experience designing, implementing, and shipping production software (preferred).
Experience developing backend services using C# or another object-oriented programming language (preferred).
Experience building distributed systems, cloud services, or web services (preferred).
Experience operating large-scale production services, including monitoring, incident response, and reliability improvements (preferred).
Experience designing APIs and improving service latency, throughput, scalability, and resource efficiency (preferred).
Experience modernizing established systems while maintaining compatibility and service continuity (preferred).
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