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Senior Software Engineer (Outlook Copilot Service)

Microsoft

Microsoft

Software Engineering
USD 119,800-234,700 / year
Posted on Jul 18, 2025

Senior Software Engineer (Outlook Copilot Service)

Redmond, Washington, United States

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Date posted
Jul 17, 2025
Job number
1847534
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
None
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Software Engineering
Discipline
Software Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

Imagine shaping the future of productivity for hundreds of millions of users. The Outlook Copilot Service (OCS) team is building intelligent, AI-powered experiences across Outlook. You’ll join a fast-moving, high-impact team that thrives on innovation, experimentation, and delivering delightful user experiences.


As a Senior Software Engineer on the Outlook Copilot Service team, you will design and build scalable, reliable, and secure backend services that power AI-driven features in Outlook. You’ll take ownership of service design and delivery, ensuring high availability, performance, monitoring, and troubleshooting in one of Microsoft’s most visible services.

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.

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, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years experience in designing, implementing, and scaling large-scale, distributed online systems with a deep understanding of system architecture and proven ability to profile, analyze, and optimize performance and availability of services, along with support and operations tasks.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 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 or Python,
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years experience in designing, implementing, and scaling large-scale, distributed online systems with a deep understanding of system architecture and proven ability to profile, analyze, and optimize performance and availability of services, along with support and operations tasks.
  • 2+ years experience with applications leveraging LLMs / GenAI.

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

Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

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Responsibilities

  • Design, document, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance backend services for Outlook Copilot scenarios.
  • Take ownership of service design by driving reliable, scalable, and high-performance solutions.
  • Ensure availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of supported services.
  • Develop automation and leverage telemetry to identify patterns and drive continuous improvement.
  • Resolve service issues, minimize customer impact, and document solutions to prevent recurrence.
  • Collaborate with PMs, applied scientists, and UX designers to deliver intelligent, user-facing features.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.