Senior Software Engineer

Overview

On Site
USD 117,200.00 - 229,200.00 per year
Full Time

Skills

C++
Return on investment
Microsoft Office
Use cases
Computer science
C#
Cloud computing
Analytical skill
Software design
Software engineering
Microsoft
Collaboration
Innovation
Microsoft Azure
Communication
ACS
Telephony
Network
PSTN
Video
IMPACT
Roadmaps
Accountability
Software development
C
Java
JavaScript
Python
DevOps
Screening
PASS
Agile
Management
Integrated circuit
Legal
Recruiting
Performance management
Design
Metrics
Mentorship
Documentation
Recovery
Operations

Job Details

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky are the limit of thinking in a cloud-enabled world.

We are the Azure Communication Services Team and we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team!

Azure Communication Services (ACS) is a new Communication Platform as a Service ( CPaaS ) offering, launched at Ignite 2020. We power reliable, high-quality Short Message Service (SMS), Chat, Public Switched Telephony Network (PSTN), video calling and meeting services across Microsoft products. Our service platform is well architected, globally distributed, highly scalable and built for the Cloud . The World continues to scale towards remote work, learn and play. Come find your purpose with us to connect the World. We are grounded in our mission to enable all organizations and customers to achieve more in work and life.

Our Team is growing fast and learning fast to enable the next generation of communication experiences. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our growing team! There are opportunities in different areas to help grow and mature our services and processes. We have a wide impact, social and business related. We are helping companies build communication products for various industries and use cases . Our team publishes billions of Events and Push Notifications required for the functioning of all the ACS modalities - Chat/SMS/Calling/PSTN. If you are passionate about distributed services, large scale and throughput and prioritize efficiency, this is a great position. You will be joining a great team , where diverse opinions are important and play a major role in our product and technology roadmaps, and where we care about your career. We welcome your mindset to make a great team . For more information see

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience
  • 2+ years of cloud services experience
  • 2+ years of experience in DevOps to maintain live services and\or application frameworks

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
    • OR related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of Azure cloud services experience
  • Proficient analytical skills with a systematic and structured approach to software design.
  • Dedication for building highly scalable, highly reliable services.
  • Experience with or exposure to Agile and iterative development processes.
  • Help to create a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can bring their full and authentic self, where all voices are heard .
  • A sense of personal ownership and accountability is required , together with the ability to deliver to deadlines while managing internal stakeholder expectations.


Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $153,600 - $250,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 21, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a candidate who is dedicated to designing and building high quality reliable Cloud Services. As an engineer in our team, you'll be working on changes to one or more services to meet the growing needs of Microsoft first party and second party solutions. In particular, for a given feature you'll be expected to meet with stakeholders/PM to get the requirements, document the design and review within the team, implement the design, create unit tests on your changes, manage the flighting of the new feature, and implement additional monitoring and metrics as needed for the feature. In short, you will truly own your feature from start to finish. You will be responsible for driving best practices and mentoring engineers.

  • Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
  • Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
  • Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
  • Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.
  • Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.
  • Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Other
  • Embody our Culture & Values