Overview
Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit of thinking in a cloud-enabled world. Within Global Skilling Product Team, we are seeking a self-motivated, technically acumen Software Engineer for Azure Full Stack development to develop enterprise-grade features impacting millions of learners around the world who rely on Microsoft Skilling platforms for consuming the learning and skilling content across various across platforms.
The mission of the Global Skilling Product Team- (GSPT)- is to develop world-class, innovative Skilling Products & Experiences that inspire customers, partners, MCAPS sellers, and future generations to achieve more by skilling, upskilling, and reskilling, thereby reaching 100M+ learners. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their full potential each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.
As the** Senior Software Engineer**, you will serve as a hands-on engineer and technical authority, spearheading the design and implementation of sophisticated learning and skilling solutions that enhance our Microsoft Skilling platforms and Learning which aligns with the Strategic goals and key Objectives established by GSPT to reach 100M+ learners helping Ignite our Base and Lead with Learning. We envision a world where all skilling content will be accessible across various platforms leveraging the latest AI-assisted features.
For instance, we will need to modernize skilling content operations and reimagine release at scale to enable more efficient ways of consumption across Learn, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, and other platforms. We will share proficient practices with our customers to replicate in their own environments. In the future, we could potentially monetize these services through our learning partners.
If you enjoy working in a collaborative and agile environment where you can apply your technical skills and creativity into a security space and thrive on addressing real world problems, we are looking for you.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we’re dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their highly qualified contributions each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world.
Responsibilities
The Senior Software Engineer are responsible for the following:
- Develop software features for Skilling platforms, including requirement gathering, architecture, application and database design, development, testing, and deployment, while enforcing engineering proficient practices to ensure high-quality, scalable, and secure solutions.
- Leverage AI and develop Copilot features within the application to enhance user experience and productivity.
- Establish and enforce proficient practices in coding, testing, and documentation to ensure high standards for code quality, performance, and service reliability.
- Support and maintain existing services & integrations with Line of Business (LOB) applications across the enterprise.
- Design, develop and maintain engineering infrastructure, tools, and services that power the Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CI/CD) for Microsoft Learning (Skilling) platform and services. Improve the reliability and debuggability of test frameworks by integrating automation and gates.
- Develop and utilize AI/LLM models to analyze test failures, identifying root causes such as test flakiness or infrastructure issues.
- Transition manual testing efforts currently handled by vendor Directly Responsible Individuals (DRIs) into automated processes.
- Lead early in career Software Engineers, and collaborates with Product Managers, Designers and cross-functional teams to deliver high quality security solutions across platforms that ship to hundreds of millions of learners around the world.
- Leads by example within the team by producing extensible and maintainable. Optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
- Applies metrics to drive the quality and stability of code, as well as appropriate coding patterns and proficient practices. Work across organizations and directly with partners both in **Global Skilling **and across Microsoft including other engineers and product leaders.
- Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for our security features. Identifies other teams and technologies that will be leveraged, how they will interact, and when one's own system may provide support to others.
- Determines any dependencies associated with application or platform functionality for the solution/product area.
- Understands up and downstream effects of solutions and work provided to ensure appropriate security and performance, drives reliability in the solutions, and optimizes dependency chains and retrieves across teams.
- Drives identification of areas of dependency and overlap with other teams or team members and drives coordination.
- Communicates across teams and resolves conflicts between teams.
Other
- 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.
Additional Preferred 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.
4+ years of experience in cloud development principles and patterns, particularly loosely coupled architectures, micro-services and DevOps model.
4+ years of experience coding in C#, and .Net.
4+ years of experience in Database development in Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, or Azure Data Factory (ADF).
4 + years of experience in one of the modern front-end frameworks such as React, Type Script, and Experience with Python, AI/LLM-based tools and frameworks, particularly for analyzing test failures and predicting root causes.
Experience with a blend of technical architecture, software development, and cloud infrastructure expertise, enabling end-to-end solution design and execution.
Experience in developing applications using RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, ASP.NET, Web API, and Azure AI Foundry, with a focus on scalable and intelligent enterprise solutions.
Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
Effective communication and a track record of sharing knowledge with others through training and knowledge sharing sessions.
Experience optimizing cloud infrastructure for cost savings and operational efficiency.
Experience in enterprise-scale technical experience with cloud and hybrid infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, and technology management. Knowledge of tools like Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD platforms for integrating and managing test gates.
Production experience with two or more of the following domains; automated secret and certificate management, building private firewalled networks with VPNs, building and managing multiple automated K8s clusters, implementing a global multi-region tech stack, automating API gateways, or automated code first data pipelines (Azure Data Factory preferred).
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate in a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Software Engineers, Program Managers, and Data Scientists.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or equivalent certification a plus.
Microsoft Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate) a plus.
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about **requesting accommodations.**