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Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

Microsoft

Software Engineering
USD 119,800-234,700 / year
Posted on May 30, 2025

Senior Software Engineer

Redmond, Washington, United States

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Date posted
May 29, 2025
Job number
1827303
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
None
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Software Engineering
Discipline
Software Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

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 is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.

Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

Within Azure Data, the messaging and real-time analytics team provides comprehensive solutions and a robust platform that enables users to ingest high granularity signals (real-time & observability) and complex data, converting those into a competitive advantage in real-time for both end users and modern applications.

Are you ready to work on the next generation local storage micro-service that powers Azure Event Hubs (http://aka.ms/eventhubs), Azure Service Bus messaging (http://aka.ms/servicebus), Azure Event Grid (http://aka.ms/azureventgrid) and more?

Are you excited to build a service that is lean and mean, where throughput and latency matter the most, while keeping the highest bar of quality?

If you value unit tests, Test-Driven Development (TDD), refactoring, simple and efficient designs, ensuring quality by using all available tools and a team that is egoless, then you are what the Messaging team is looking for!

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

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/Minimum 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, Rust or Python OR equivalent experience.
  • 1+ years’ experience working in a Test-Driven Development (TDD) Environment.

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

  • ​Methodical technical design, problem solving and debugging skills.
  • Experience in systems engineering.
  • Fluent in multi-threaded, asynchronous programming, inclination for architecting at scale.
  • Experience with Software Testing methodologies.

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 June 6, 2025.

#azdat #azuredata #messaging #lowlatency #performance #unittests #tdd

Responsibilities

  • Engineer the highest quality features for messaging services (Event Hubs/Service Bus/Event Grid).
  • Write specification, code and tests of all flavors as part of building highly reliable distributed storage systems.
  • Focus on performance (low latency/high throughput for ingestion).
  • Ensure high availability and reliability by designing and writing high quality and very well tested code.
  • Support hundreds of thousands of Azure applications where the messaging services are the backbone for core features like: Triggering of event notifications, asynchronous, reliable communication, telemetry and diagnostics.
  • Other

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.