Overview

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‍Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential and excitement for the journey ahead. Our team builds scalable software and platform capabilities that power commercial and end‑user experiences across Microsoft. We collaborate across engineering, product, and operations to ship features that are secure, reliable, and easy to maintain.

As a Software Engineer, you develop, test, and document code using modern languages and tooling; contribute to design reviews and architecture proposals; and help improve live services through telemetry, diagnostics, and automation. You partner with stakeholders to understand user requirements, incorporate feedback, and deliver high‑quality features that meet performance and accessibility standards.

This role is based in Redmond, WA with at least 3 days per week in office; relocation assistance is available.

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.

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‍Responsibilities‍

• Develops maintainable, extensible code using current programming languages and frameworks; writes unit tests and contributes to test automation.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to clarify requirements, integrates feedback from multiple channels, and iterates on designs and solution fixes.
• Contributes to design documents and architecture proposals with guidance; reuses code and follows established patterns and style guidelines.
• Tests and debugs features using logs, telemetry, and diagnostics; documents deployment procedures and supports safe rollouts.
• Participates in live‑site operations and on‑call rotations for straightforward issues; escalates appropriately and follows playbooks to restore service.
• Builds and automates CI/CD and deployment workflows to improve reliability and reduce manual toil.
• Learns and applies security, privacy, accessibility, and compliance standards throughout the engineering lifecycle.
• Embodies our culture and values.

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‍Qualifications‍

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

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Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience 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 1+ year(s) 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 AI technologies from a technical standpoint (e.g., integrating AI services, using developer copilots).
• Experience with full‑stack development across front‑end and back‑end services.

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