Senior Software Engineer

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Microsoft is built on trust, and Azure is dedicated to becoming the most trusted cloud service for its customers. As Azure expands its services, certifications, and regions for its global customers, there is a growing need for increased support to uphold customer promises. The Azure Core Trusted Platform team is committed to enabling product teams to deliver capabilities that align with customer commitments and provide transparency.

As a Senior Software Engineer in Azure Core Trusted Platform, you will serve as a technical leader, driving the development of robust privacy and compliance engineering solutions. This position requires passion and extensive experience in managing large data pipelines to improve how compliance is captured and reported. You will utilize existing backend systems and create new integrations within Azure services to enhance compliance monitoring. This role emphasizes organizing, querying, and developing efficient data pipelines, as well as building continuous monitoring and reporting tools for Azure services.

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.

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.
• 3+ year(s) of experience building solutions in Microsoft Azure or similar cloud environments, with a background in Representational State Transfer (RESTful) APIs, services, and cloud development.
• 1+ year(s) of demonstrated creativity and skills in design, development, and teamwork, while being a collaborative team player who values learning, sharing knowledge, and supporting colleagues.

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 6+ 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 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.

• Experience working with Azure Services.

• 1+ year(s) of demonstrated expertise in developing and managing data pipelines and working with databases such as Structured Query Language (SQL) Database, Azure Data Explorer/Kusto, or MySQL/Postgres.
• Ability to work in a complex environment, with dependencies on other orgs.
• Effective communication skills with leadership and developers at all levels, working independently to identify and focus on impactful tasks, and generating innovative ideas to enhance existing solutions.

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 November 10, 2025.

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• 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.
• Solve complex problems that allow for finding areas of efficiency across working with various large data sources, while increasing reliability for existing solutions.