Senior Software Engineer

Overview Do you see yourself as a type of engineer who is passionate about helping developers spend less time waiting and more time building? Would you be excited to build technologies that help AI agents be more efficient and effective in large systems? We are looking for Senior Software Engineer to help us transform our codebases, engineering practices, tools and processes to enable more shift-left testing of our large systems and be more effective for agentic AI development. A key priority for us is to turbocharging developer productivity by making Dev AI agents more effective, faster, safer, and smarter. Who are we? Microsoft 365 (M365) Intelligent Conversation and Communications Cloud (IC3) is the platform that powers billions of real-time customer conversations across Microsoft's communication products, such as Microsoft Teams and Azure Communication Service. IC3 enables reliable and high-quality audio/video calling, meeting, and messaging services that work every time from anywhere seamlessly across all customer touchpoints. The IC3 Platform organization is on a mission to modernize its infrastructure, driving greater reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency across IC3 and this is what our team is focused on. We are also reimagining core aspects such as release orchestration, observability, security, and compliance to ensure our systems can meet the challenges of tomorrow. Does it excite you to be part of a team that is redefining engineering efficiency and empowering developers to push boundaries? This is your opportunity to take on high-impact technical challenges on a massive scale, shaping the core platform that underpins Microsoft Teams and other mission-critical communication services. The work you do will directly enable thousands of engineers across Microsoft to ship features with confidence, operate services seamlessly, and create magical experiences for people everywhere to connect, collaborate, and achieve more. 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 - Design and develop platform features that allow developers and AI agents to iterate and test fast for large-scale distributed software services and solutions. - Develop "best-in-class" engineering for our services by ensuring that the services and the components are well-defined and modularized, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored and reusable. - Write clean and optimized code, improve test coverage for services, organize and implement integration tests, and resolve problem areas. - Gain a working understanding of Microsoft as a business and collaborate with others to contribute to cohesive, end-to-end experiences for our users. - Focus on customer/partner needs through a data driven approach. 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. - 2+ years of software design and development experience as a full stack/client developer. - 1+ years experience with Windows Server and Linux OS 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. Peferred 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. - Proficiency in modern .NET orchestration and tooling such as .NET Aspire. Experience with development with Linux and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus. - Ability to communicate technical details clearly across organizational boundaries. - Experience in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure (Azure preferred). - Experience in AI Dev toolchain. Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $114,400 - CAD $203,900 per year. Find additional pay information here: Software Engineering IC4 - L'échelle salariale de base typique pour ce rôle dans l'ensemble du Canada est de 114,400 $ CAD à 203,900 $ CAD par année. Pour plus d'information au sujet de la rémunération, veuillez cliquer ici: Ce poste sera ouvert pendant au moins cinq jours et les candidatures seront acceptées de façon continue jusqu'à ce que le poste soit pourvu. This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft est un employeur offrant l'égalité d'accès à l'emploi. Tous les candidats qualifiés seront pris en considération pour l'emploi, sans égard à l'âge, à l'ascendance, à la citoyenneté, à la couleur, aux congés médicaux ou familiaux, à l'identité ou à l'expression de genre, aux renseignements génétiques, à l'état d'immigration, à l'état matrimonial, à l'état de santé, à l'origine nationale, à un éventuel handicap physique ou mental, à l'affiliation politique, au statut de vétéran protégé ou au statut militaire, à la race, à l'ethnie, à la religion, au sexe (y compris la grossesse), à l'orientation sexuelle ou à toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois, ordonnances et règlements locaux applicables. Si vous avez besoin d'aide avec des accommodements religieux et/ou d'un accommodement raisonnable en raison d'un handicap pendant le processus de candidature, apprenez-en plus sur la demande d'accommodement. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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