Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers to levels they cannot achieve anywhere else. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness in a cloud-enabled world.  The Business & Industry Copilots group is a rapidly growing organization that is responsible for the Microsoft Dynamics 365 suite of products, Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, AI Builder, Microsoft Industry Solution and more. Microsoft is considered one of the leaders in Software as a Service in the world of business applications and this organization is at the heart of how business applications are designed and delivered.  

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team!  
As a member of the BIC Foundations team, you will work on designing and implementing high-scale solutions in the infrastructure and security space, impacting millions of customers. This position offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, solve complex technical problems, and contribute to some of the most critical and impactful areas in BIC. 

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

Responsibilities Include:

• 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. 

Qualifications

Bachelor and/or Graduate degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent 

• Experience:7+ years of professional development.
• Technical Stack: C++, C#, big data, ML, NLP, and search technologies.
•  Focus Areas: Strong analytical skills, customer engagement, and cross-functional collaboration.        Familiarity with Microsoft Cloud Services (Azure,Entra, O365).
• Security awareness (penetration testing, threat analysis). 

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/Additional Qualifications

• You should self-identify as a technical software engineer with a passion for cloud technologies and AI
• Previous experience as a Software Developer Engineer
•  Track record of working closely with agile and diverse engineering teams
• Understanding of cloud, AI and other computing technologies, including business drivers and emerging trends across Microsoft and non-Microsoft technologies
• Experience working in geographically dispersed teams
• Self-starter who likes tackling new challenges and working independently
• Ability to build relationships with senior technical and business leaders
• Strong verbal and written communication ability including fluency in English

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. 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.

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