Microsoft

Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer

United States, Washington, Redmond · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$120k-$235kDetected 18 hours ago
JavaScriptPythonJavaC++C#Distributed SystemsCode ReviewAPI DevelopmentMachine LearningData VisualizationCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoringSharePoint

About the role

  • Within Microsoft Digital, the Digital Asset Governance team is responsible for securing and governing Microsoft's largest internal productivity ecosystem.
  • As a Senior Software Engineer, you will help define the future of digital asset governance at Microsoft.
  • You will serve as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for critical services, participating in on-call rotations, monitoring service health, resolving incidents, and driving long-term reliability improvements.

Responsibilities

  • You will design and build cloud-scale services that enable security, compliance, lifecycle management, ownership accountability, and AI readiness across Microsoft's enterprise estate.
  • 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.
  • You will create, implement, optimize, debug, refactor, and maintain high-quality code with a focus on performance, reliability, security, maintainability, and operational excellence.
  • You will lead complex technical initiatives from concept through deployment, balancing customer needs, engineering quality, operational requirements, and security considerations.
  • You will identify dependencies, author technical design documentation, and develop execution plans that align teams around technical strategy, implementation, and delivery milestones.
  • You will act as a technical leader within the team by mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, leading design discussions, and promoting engineering best practices.

Requirements

  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  • This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice to have

  • Strong understanding of software architecture, API design, and service reliability practices.
  • Experience working with large-scale data platforms, telemetry, analytics, or automation systems.
  • Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, Power Platform, Power BI, Entra ID, or related services.
  • Experience with AI/ML, agentic workflows, or intelligent automation.
  • Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks, including risk management and control implementation.
  • Preferred/Additional

Compensation

  • $120k-$235k

Benefits

  • You will leverage telemetry, analytics, and AI-driven insights to improve governance coverage, reduce operational risk, automate manual processes, and drive data-informed engineering decisions.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • 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

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