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Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

Microsoft

Software Engineering
Redmond, WA, USA
USD 119,800-234,700 / year
Posted on Dec 19, 2025
Overview

As a Senior Software Engineer in BCX Labs, you will design, build, and deliver innovative software solutions that advance productivity and AI within Microsoft 365. You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, and product teams to translate ideas into prototypes and production-ready features, directly contributing to the advancement of one of the most widely used AI products in the world. This role offers opportunities to accelerate your career growth, deepen your technical expertise in AI-driven applications. Flexible work options are available, including full or partial remote work.
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
  • Partner with stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios.
  • Lead identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for products, applications, services, or platforms.
  • Lead by example and mentor others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
  • Leverage subject-matter expertise to drive project plans, release plans, and work items across multiple groups.
  • Hold accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers and monitoring systems for reliability and performance.
  • Proactively seek new knowledge and adapt to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns to improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, and performance of products, sharing knowledge with other engineers.
  • Contribute to the design and delivery of experimental AI features, prototypes, and developer tools in a fast-paced, cross-disciplinary environment.


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.

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.
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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


This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.




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