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Posted date: Aug 26, 2025
Category: Software Engineering
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $179,300
Range: $100,600 - $258,000
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: Up to 50% work from home
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
The FIO (Office Files and Identity) Team drives collaboration, identity, cloud file experiences and cloud file growth for Office applications like Word, Excel and PowerPoint. We deliver the platform and collaboration experiences so that our customers can work together with others, in real-time, on any device. We also drive identity experiences in apps like Edge, Teams and OneDrive.Software Engineer II and Senior Software Engineer (Multiple Positions) - Office Files and Identity Team
On this team, you will work with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the rest of Office to deliver performant and always-available access to documents in the cloud. We modernize the collaboration experience with intelligent clients and services, and we are on the front lines of enabling Copilot for Office, both through infrastructure and through end-user features.
You will help deliver a reliable cloud experience to our customers as we continue to modernize core Word, Excel and PowerPoint workflows and remove friction. On this team, you will use data to understand where opportunities exist and be grounded in data-based business metrics: increased customer satisfaction and cloud usage. Our tech portfolio spans the Microsoft client coauthoring and collaboration stacks, the core Office storage stack, cloud file user experience and more.
We are looking for a driven and execution-oriented engineers. If you obsess over technical details and want to solve some of the hardest problems in the core part of Office, then we would love to meet you!
This role is based in Redmond, WA.
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. As an engineer in FIO, you will:
Design and write code. You will architect and build features, implement performance and reliability improvements, review code, debug and fix code. Work across organizations and directly with partners both in Office and across Microsoft, including other engineers and product leaders. You will use data as the basis for decision making, whether that’s in making product design decisions or keeping the product running well. Be a steward of products that ship to hundreds of millions of customers around the world, staying connected to customers through data and feedback and being agile and responsive to issues. Grow as an engineer in a modern and highly impactful team.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or Rust. OR equivalent experience. 2+ years industry engineering experience coding in C, C++, C#, Java or Rust. 2+ years industry experience building and shipping production quality, performant and cross-platform applications. Experience collaborating cross-team and cross-function to deliver software features or projects.
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 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or Rust. OR equivalent experience. 4+ years industry engineering experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java or Rust. 4+ years industry experience building and shipping production quality, performant and cross-platform applications. Platform-specific experience building Windows, MacOS, iOS or Android applications. Experience designing and implementing efficient network communications, including network protocols, performance and reliability tooling, modeling and implementing complex customer scenarios across network services. Experience designing and implementing client-side storage stacks, with a focus on correctness, resiliency, performance, and adaptability. Understanding of client file system design and APIs, including advanced performance optimizations. Experience directly implementing large-scale data pipelines for product telemetry, with ability to evolve system as business and technical needs change. Cross-platform User Experience UX) experience in native applications with React Native or ReactJS. Experience and passion for driving customer experiences end-to-end.
Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 per year.
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.
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