Senior Software Engineer - M365 Core

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

1d • $119,800 - $261,000

About The Position

The Senior Software Engineer will join Microsoft 365’s Fleet Innovation team, which builds the platform that places infrastructure where and when Microsoft 365 workloads need it. The team is at the center of the capacity lifecycle, converting capacity demand into production-ready infrastructure for large cloud services.

The role involves designing and building systems that move capacity from demand signals to live infrastructure. Its scope includes capacity and supply signal intake, Azure resource provisioning, infrastructure prerequisites, validation, allocation, deallocation, and live fleet operations. The engineer will own significant areas of the architecture, work across service and organizational boundaries, and use automation, data, and AI to make capacity delivery and fleet operations faster, safer, and more autonomous.

Microsoft describes its mission as empowering every person and organization to achieve more. Its stated culture emphasizes a growth mindset, innovation, collaboration, respect, integrity, accountability, and inclusion.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python; or bachelor's degree in the field and 8+ years of such experience; or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
• Experience designing, developing, and delivering production software or distributed systems.
• Experience designing software for scalability, reliability, resiliency, performance, and operational maintainability.
• Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or resource provisioning platforms.
• Experience building automation and orchestration workflows across multiple services, systems, or organizational boundaries.
• Experience using telemetry and data to identify operational bottlenecks, improve system reliability, and inform engineering decisions.
• Experience applying AI, machine learning, or AI-assisted development technologies to improve automation, engineering productivity, or operational workflows.
• Technical leadership and communication skills, including experience driving design and execution across multiple engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver scalable software and services that automate M365 capacity delivery from supply chain and capacity signals through provisioning, validation, and decommissioning.
• Develop automation and intelligent workflows to simplify complex infrastructure processes, reduce manual operations, and improve the speed and reliability of capacity delivery.
• Explore and apply AI and other emerging technologies to improve engineering efficiency, operational decision making, troubleshooting, and automation.
• Drive technical design for complex feature areas, balancing scalability, reliability, resiliency, security, performance, and long-term maintainability.
• Partner with engineers and stakeholders across organizational boundaries to understand requirements, manage dependencies, create technical clarity, and drive solutions.
• Use telemetry and production data to understand system behavior, identify bottlenecks and failure patterns, and continuously improve service health and operational efficiency.
• Promote engineering excellence through design and code reviews, automated testing, monitoring, controlled deployments, and operational readiness.
• Mentor other engineers, share technical knowledge and best practices, and contribute to an inclusive engineering culture.

Benefits

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation; additional benefits and pay information is available through the linked Microsoft careers page.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior