Senior Software Engineer Microsoft
Redmond, WA

Job Description

Software development is a team sport and to play your best game together, you need the best tools in the world. Tools that can learn from the past and assist you early during the development cycle. Tools that can help you code confidently and find issues faster. Visual Studio aims to be the tool that helps you do that as you develop your software along with your teammates.

We are looking for a software engineer to build tools and services to

make Visual Studio the best place to work on your code and collaborate with your team members, while supported by intelligent AI. See Visual Studio IntelliCode and Visual Studio Live Share for a glimpse of what's possible.

Basic Qualifications:

5+ years of experience developing commercial software

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experience

Experience with C#, Azure, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, AI and machine learning

Detail oriented design, coding, debugging and problem-solving skills

Solid written and verbal communication skills

Prior experience with developer tools/services

Care deeply about helping developers with great tools and services

Like working with a talented group of engineers

Enjoy developing great software

You will be required to pass Microsoft background checks prior to the start of employment and periodically thereafter. 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.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

You will work with program managers to understand customer needs and develop experiences that make them more productive. You will work with multiple partner teams, build simple and powerful experiences, ship them to customers frequently and learn from customer feedback. You will build high quality developer tools, scalable cloud services, and systems that monitor the health of the services. The software you build will help millions of developers all over the world.

You will become part of a talented team where learning from peers and growing as a team is a core theme.