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Senior Software Engineer - CoreAI

Microsoft· Software Engineering
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Redmond, WA$119.8k - $234.7kfull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer role in the API Management and AI Gateway team within CoreAI, focusing on building scalable, multi-tenant, high-availability services and developer tools for AI-driven applications across distributed systems.

Responsibilities

  • Lead System Design & Architecture: Drive architecture discussions, author design documents, and ensure systems meet security, compliance, and scalability requirements while balancing long-term sustainability with short-term delivery.
  • Deliver High-Quality Code: Write extensible, maintainable, and performant code; debug and optimize complex systems; and uphold engineering standards through rigorous code reviews.
  • Drive Implementation & Deployment: Lead project planning and experimentation, validate the impact of changes, and ensure safe, reliable deployments across distributed environments.
  • Ensure Reliability & Operational Excellence: Maintain live site health, develop incident response playbooks, lead root cause analyses (RCAs), and implement systemic improvements to reduce incident volume and improve SLAs.
  • Advance Engineering Tools & Practices: Identify and build developer tools, apply automation in production workflows, and stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends.
  • Shape Product Strategy: Influence the product roadmap by aligning technical direction with business goals, leveraging customer feedback, data insights, and competitive analysis.
  • Foster Cross-Team Alignment: Collaborate with partner teams to deliver cohesive end-to-end experiences and ensure shared ownership of technical direction.
  • Build Core Capabilities: Design and develop foundational platform components and reusable building blocks that accelerate innovation and team velocity.
  • embody our culture and values

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.

Skills

Required:Architectural designSoftware developmentDevOps / deploymentCross-team collaboration
Nice to have:Systems reliability

Benefits

  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check and security requirements apply (pass upon hire/transfer and every two years)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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