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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 Microsoft 365 Core Data Access team to build query, blob, and data-access services for Microsoft 365 and Copilot. In this individual contributor role, you will own features from design through production, translating customer needs into technical requirements for sharded data query services, blob services, and gRPC services exposing core mailbox stores. You will write, test, and maintain high-quality code while designing service APIs and client libraries. The role requires proficiency in languages such as C#, Rust, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, or Python. You will solve complex distributed systems problems, ensuring performance, reliability, and security for large-scale cloud platforms. Key responsibilities include mentoring engineers, conducting design reviews, and managing production health through monitoring, telemetry, and incident response.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $207400 from 388 postings across 35 companies.
Lead the technical design and delivery of query, blob, and gRPC data-access services.
Write, test, review, and maintain high-quality code for performance, security, and maintainability.
Design and evolve gRPC APIs and C# and Rust client libraries for partner teams.
Own production health through monitoring, safe deployments, and active participation in on-call rotations.
Diagnose incidents and address root causes to improve operational readiness.
Use telemetry and profiling to improve system reliability, scalability, and resource efficiency.
Mentor engineers through code reviews and knowledge sharing to strengthen engineering practices.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Equivalent experience to the degree and years of experience requirement.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 3+ years of technical engineering experience in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 5+ years of technical engineering experience in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design principles (preferred).
Experience building and operating large-scale distributed services in production, including on-call, incident response, safe deployment, and telemetry-driven diagnosis (preferred).
Experience designing APIs, client libraries, or platforms used by other engineering teams, including RPC frameworks such as gRPC (preferred).
Kubernetes
Distributed Systems
Cloud Services
Python
C++
C#
Java
Rust
JavaScript
C
Workflow Orchestration
Observability
Telemetry
Systems Design
Agentic Infrastructure