Senior Software Engineer

Backed by the organization that powers Microsoft Teams and Azure Communication Services, we are building a new real-time communication platform from the ground up. We're aiming to support emerging scenarios demanded by a modern, remote world, breaking the mold of the traditional "conference call".

We work with state-of-industry tools and technology, like Rust and Kubernetes. And we engage with the open-source community and collaborate with other giants in the real time communication industry. Are you excited by high-scale, high-performance distributed systems?  We want you to come to help us design and build the future of real time communication!

We are building the Intelligent Conversation and Communications Cloud (IC3). We power Microsoft’s first-party real-time conversation products, notably Skype and Teams with many millions of users, by providing reliable and high-quality audio and video calling, meetings, and chat services that work every time, from anywhere, on any device. And we expose our core capabilities to third-party partners, with which they can bring conversations to life in their own products. With IC3, we will enable customers to do more by making conversations on our platform more intelligent, surfacing useful information in real-time and taking actions on the customers’ behalf during the conversation.

Building and running services at scale for Microsoft 365 for hundreds of millions of consumers and enterprise users is very challenging, but it is a lot of fun and rewarding. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us do just that, to power and deliver on our IC3 mission. This opportunity will allow you to make a broad positive impact across many critical IC3 domains such as chat, audio/video calling, meetings, service and data engineering, and service management.

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 and implement features end to end.
• Maintain and monitor existing SDKs to ensure security, quality, and reliability.
• Collaborate with teams across Microsoft on next generation AI products.
• Influence engineering culture by setting good examples and practicing growth mindset.
• 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 of software design and development experience as a full stack/client developer.
• 3+ years hands on experience working with C/C++, Rust, Python, or C#
• OR equivalent experience.

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:

• Experience with building applications leveraging WebRTC/RTC protocols, libraries, concepts.
• Familiarity with audio and video processing, codecs, or transport.
• Familiarity with Windows Server and Linux OS.

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.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 10, 2025.

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.

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