Senior Software Development Engineer

Are you passionate about building cool devices using cutting-edge technologies?

Microsoft Devices team focuses on building devices that fully express the Microsoft vision. A fundamental part of our strategy is having desirable and powerful devices that enable the experiences people want and elicit their excitement. Creating these devices involves a close partnership between hardware and software engineers, designers, and manufacturing. We are currently building the next generation products and we need you!

As a Senior Software Devolper Engineer you will be responsible for architecting solutions, designing, developing, testing, deploying and maintaining Web applications / services that bring all Devices (including Surface) to life. You will need to understand requirements across all Device teams / disciplines and deliver secure solutions to successfully meet those requirements. This is a great opportunity to have broad impact across Devices.

Are you up for the challenge? Ideal candidates for this position should have expertise in providing Web application / service solutions together with leadership and problem-solving skills. Candidates must be able to communicate and work cross fuctionally across the organization with close attention to details.

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.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years industry development experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to C#, ASP.NET, REST web services, Web API
• OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum of 7 years of experience as a Software Developer

• Minimum of 5 years of Azure based Web service development experience using C#, Web API

• Demonstrated experience with at least two end to end product cycles as a developer for medium to large scale product

• Demonstrated leadership, problem solving and debugging skills

• Knowledge and experience in Security areas such as cryptography, PKI, Code Signing, HSM, SSL / TLS, TPM, Windows security.

• Experience with SQL Server Database development

• Knowledge and experience in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Firmware

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 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 $145,800 - $238,600 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 May 26, 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.

• 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 services / features and partners with appropriate stakeholders 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.

Embody our Culture and Values