Senior Software Engineer - Office Growth and Experiences

Overview

The Office Growth and Experiences (OGX) team is an experienced and highly passionate group that builds and maintains end-to-end ownership of Microsoft 365 experiences across platforms. In this role, as a Senior Software Engineer on the Windows platform, you will craft world-class, AI-focused user experiences that showcase the power of Microsoft Copilot on Windows. You will collaborate closely with Design and PM to imagine, prototype, and ship high craft experiences that help millions of users accomplish more with AI.

In OGX we know that building software people love takes more than technical skill. It starts with the strength of the team behind it. We care about creating an environment where people feel connected, supported, and challenged to grow. We celebrate progress, share learnings from mistakes, celebrate wins, and trust one another, because the best work happens when we show up as a team and push forward together.

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.

Responsibilities

• • Design, build, and ship user-facing features for Windows using React and React Native, with an emphasis on AI-first experiences that integrate Copilot capabilities and feel polished and native.
  
  
  • Own features end-to-end, including UI architecture, service integration, authentication, instrumentation, experimentation, rollout, and ongoing quality.
  
  
  • Deliver robust client-side AI interactions, including streaming UX, retries and fallbacks, and latency and bandwidth tradeoffs to ensure reliable, high craft experiences under real-world conditions.
  
  
  • Collaborate across disciplines and code boundaries, including integrating with native Windows components and being comfortable leveraging and extending UX in C++ when needed.
  
  
  • Maintain a high engineering bar through code reviews, automated testing, accessibility, localization, privacy, and security-by-design, with a strong emphasis on UX fit and finish.
  
  
  • Use telemetry, experimentation, and on-call ownership to define success metrics, detect regressions, and improve reliability, availability, and performance at scale.
  
  
  • Mentor and support teammates, sharing best practices in React and React Native UX implementation, raising the bar on craft, and building reusable patterns that help the team move faster without sacrificing quality.
  
  Embody our culture and values.

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.
• 4+ years experience building and shipping native or React Native production apps.

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:

• 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 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 equivalent experience.
• Experience integrating React and React Native with native Windows components, including comfort reading, debugging, and extending shared C++ libraries when needed.
• Integration experience with large-scale services or Microsoft 365 ecosystems, including identity, data, and Microsoft Graph APIs.
• Automated testing and release engineering for Windows apps, including unit and UI testing and staged rollouts.
• Experience shipping polished user experiences on Windows is ideal but not required. Experience across multiple platforms is a plus.
• 4+ years experience driving ownership of features with demonstrated ability to span disciplines, codebases, and tech stacks to unblock progress and deliver exceptional user experiences.
• 4+ years experience collaborating and communicating effectively across engineering, design, and product teams.
• 4+ years experience in React Native.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.