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Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft· Software Engineering
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Redmond, WA$119.8k - $234.7kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and evolve services and APIs powering Outlook at global scale, solve distributed systems problems, and own features end-to-end within the Microsoft 365 platform.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and evolve services and APIs that power Outlook experiences at global scale.
  • Solve distributed systems challenges across reliability, performance, scalability, and fault tolerance.
  • Own features and services end to end, including technical design, implementation, testing, safe rollout, monitoring, and ongoing improvement.
  • Write maintainable, well-tested code and modernize existing systems through architectural improvements.
  • Use telemetry, experimentation, and customer feedback to identify problems, prioritize investments, and measure customer impact.
  • Build security, privacy, and compliance into service design and implementation.
  • Participate in production operations and incident response, diagnose issues across service boundaries, and drive improvements to prevent recurrence.
  • Partner with teams across Outlook and Microsoft 365 to define API contracts, manage dependencies, and deliver cohesive customer experiences.
  • Improve engineering productivity through automation, tooling, and simpler development processes.
  • Contribute to an inclusive engineering culture through design discussions, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Backend developmentC#/Java/JavaScript/Python/C/C++
Nice to have:Distributed systemsAPIs and service design
Last updated Oct 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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