Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft
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Responsibilities
- Architect and implement scalable evaluation frameworks and backend services to process complex datasets and automate metric calculation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and integrate telemetry, data pipelines, and KPIs that align with core product goals.
- Drive technical strategy and provide architectural recommendations that influence product direction and the long-term scalability of our metrics infrastructure.
- Uphold software engineering excellence, ensuring best practices in system design, CI/CD, code quality, and the adoption of modern cloud-native technologies.
- Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical rigor, continuous learning, and robust engineering standards.
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.
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on building large-scale backend systems or data platforms.
- 4+ years of extensive experience in software architecture, distributed systems, and implementing automated evaluation or experimentation frameworks.
- Solid system design skills and the ability to build high-performance, maintainable, and testable code.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as C#, Java, C++, or Python, with deep knowledge of object-oriented design.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to bridge the gap between technical implementation and stakeholder requirements.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, leading technical workstreams and managing multiple features simultaneously.
- Experience building the telemetry pipelines or platform infrastructure used to calculate product success metrics and organizational OKRs is a plus.
- Expertise in Cloud architecture (e.g., Azure, AWS) and experience with large-scale data processing (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, Cosmos) is a plus.
- Ability to work cross-group and across disciplines (Data Science, PM, UX) effectively.
- Excellent skills in designing, debugging, and performance tuning complex software services.
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.
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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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