Microsoft Senior Software Engineer

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Posted date: Feb 05, 2026

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Category: Software Engineering

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka

Employment type: Full-Time

Work location type: 0 days / week in-office – remote

Role: Individual Contributor


Description

Overview

Are you excited by the idea of shaping how Microsoft builds and operates cloud services at global scale? In this role, you will lead a team that builds the experiences and extensible platform that provide all Microsoft engineers with a 360-degree view of the security, privacy, compliance, and reliability profiles of their software. Our solution identifies the specific work items required by internal and external standards, leverages large scale data analyses and AI agents to find and to help address them, and provides comprehensive experiences to update and report status. Your work will directly enable the company to deliver secure, resilient, and trusted cloud services to millions of customers worldwide.

As a Senior Software Engineer in Azure Core, you will work with a highly skilled, collaborative, and fast-moving team that thrives on solving complex problems, iterating quickly, and delivering meaningful business value. You will work with modern Azure services and data technologies to build scalable, innovative, and impactful solutions that sit at the core of Microsoft’s cloud. We are looking for an action-oriented, technically strong and talented candidate that can drive high quality engineering, deal with ambiguity and help design innovative solutions. This role will enable you to grow technically building a mission critical product, work with massive data and cutting-edge AI technologies, and collaborate with engineering teams across the company.

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.

Responsibilities

Lead artificial intelligence–native software development across the full software development lifecycle, owning the quality, safety, and responsible use of AI-generated requirements, designs, code, and tests.Architect and deliver complex, scalable systems, making design decisions that meet performance, reliability, cost, security, privacy, and compliance requirements.Set the standard for engineering excellence, mentoring others to produce maintainable, testable, secure, and performant code while establishing best practices and quality metrics.Drive reliability and operational readiness, leading logging, telemetry, diagnostics, incident response, and post-incident reviews to improve system health and prevent recurrence.Own delivery from experimentation through production, using controlled rollouts, success metrics, and safe deployment practices to validate impact and ship with confidence.Collaborate across teams and disciplines, aligning dependencies and translating customer and stakeholder requirements into high-quality, compliant solutions.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or PythonOR equivalent experience.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:Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or PythonOR 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 PythonOR equivalent experience.#azurecorejobs

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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



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