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The Senior Software Engineer joins the Semantic Fabric Team to develop a breakthrough technology providing semantic indexing for enterprise data within M365. In this role, you will build highly scalable ingestion pipelines and indexing solutions at an exabyte scale to ensure low-latency access to grounding data from sources like documents, Teams messages, and emails. You will design, develop, test, and maintain high-performance software services while ensuring strict data privacy and compliance. The position requires proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, with preferred experience in RUST, ASP.NET, and distributed cloud systems. You will solve complex information retrieval problems by applying LLM and vector index technologies, such as DiskANN, to improve how Copilot identifies and utilizes relevant enterprise content.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196750 from 2536 postings across 152 companies.
Build scalable, high-performance software services over large datasets with low latency and high availability.
Develop semantic indexing and search experiences for Microsoft Office 365 data.
Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain software solutions for the Semantic Fabric platform.
Identify and resolve technical debt and issues impacting software performance or reliability.
Ensure all software complies with Microsoft’s strict data privacy, security, and compliance standards.
Research and apply new LLM and semantic search technologies to improve platform capabilities.
Participate in code reviews to ensure software quality and promote engineering best practices.
Identify project risks and take proactive actions to mitigate impacts on software delivery.
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.
Equivalent experience to the degree and years of experience requirement.
Senior/Lead Engineer professional software development experience with at least two of C#, C++, Java, ASP.NET, and RUST (preferred).
Hands-on experience with distributed systems and services in the cloud (preferred).
Knowledge of functional programming principles, including immutability and type safety (preferred).
Proven ability to tackle complex technical issues, perform research and design, and provide high-quality implementations (preferred).
Experience in search, information retrieval systems, and applications of LLM and/or vector indexes (preferred).
Track record of designing, developing, and shipping high-quality software products, systems, and services (preferred).
LLM
Semantic Search
Vector Indexes
C#
C++
Java
Python
JavaScript
Rust
ASP.NET
Distributed Systems
Information Retrieval
DiskANN
Functional Programming
M365
C
Middleware