Software Engineer
Microsoft
Software Engineering
USD 100,600-199k / year
Posted on Aug 29, 2025
Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Date posted
Aug 28, 2025
Job number
1863509
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Software Engineering
Discipline
Software Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time
Overview
Are you a customer-obsessed, AI-curious problem-solver who thrives in an inclusive, collaborative global team? The Azure Customer Experience Platform (CXP) team’s mission is to transform Microsoft Cloud customers into fans. Through our deep engineering engagements with customers and teams across Microsoft, we analyze and amplify customer needs and drive the vision to improve Cloud quality, security, and reliability.
Our culture of growth, mindset and empowerment are central to who we are and how we work.
We are the Azure Service Health team in Azure CXP, and our primary mission is to build highly scalable and extensible services such as Azure status, Azure Service Health and Azure Resource Health. Together, they provide personalized guidance and support to Azure customers during service downtime as well as help them understand the impact, provide prompt and accurate notification, and prepare for planned maintenance. They also provide insights to internal personas like support engineers so they can use the same information to assist customers towards quick resolution of their issues.
This Software Engineer position is targeted for someone who is thrilled about online services, cloud computing, and user experience, loves to work in an agile development team, embraces and solves new technological challenges, deeply passionate about building effective software and continuously improving the development process, independent thinker and working collaboratively in a team environment. As part of this role, you will collaborate closely with multiple teams to deliver key customer solutions and the technology to support them.
You will have ample opportunities to participate in all stages of our engineering lifecycle - from initial research and discovery, quick iteration on promising concepts, solution prototyping, and development, all the way through successful service rollout and Live Site support.
Every day, our customers stake their business and reputation on our cloud. You can help #AzCXP provide our customers with the world-class cloud services they need to succeed.
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 Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- 2 years of proven track record of shipping high quality products or services.
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 2+ 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 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- Experience with one or more cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, etc).
Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 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 September 8, 2025.
#AzCXP
Responsibilities
• Design, implement, verify, deploy, and maintain high-quality code using modern engineering practices and tools.
• Optimize, debug, and refactor code to improve performance and maintainability, and effectiveness.
• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature.
• Collaborates with engineers and mentors to translate ideas from research and design into production-grade systems.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) in monitoring system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions for simple problems, and recommends actions to restore system/product/service by following the playbook.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the team's processes, practices, and culture.
• Learn and adopt new technologies and frameworks as needed.
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.