Microsoft Senior Software Engineer

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Posted date: Feb 19, 2026

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Category: Software Engineering

Location: Redmond, WA

Estimated salary: $188,900
Range: $119,800 - $258,000

Employment type: Full-Time

Work location type: 3 days / week in-office

Role: Individual Contributor


Description

Overview

Come build community, solve exciting problems, and do your best work. Within the Office Product Group, the Fluid team architects and powers a high-scale platform that enables seamless real-time collaboration, including between humans and AI. By partnering closely with product teams, the Fluid team helps deliver innovative M365 collaborative experiences—including in M365 Copilot App, Loop, and Word—that serve hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Our cutting-edge technology creates the foundation for intuitive products where ideas flow naturally between people and intelligent systems.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Fluid team, you will help build the foundation for transformative M365 Copilot App experiences. You will be empowered to own your areas end-to-end, from the architecture stage to ensuring our shipped solutions meet our customer's needs. You will collaborate deeply across disciplines, especially with Applied Scientists and partner teams to deliver results that delight customers, learning constantly while solving tough technical challenges. This opportunity will allow you to grow as a technical leader, learn from other engineers, and improve your partner collaboration skills.

Our organization prioritizes a collaborative and results-driven team culture. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be expected to help foster that culture by mentoring other engineers, solving problems collaboratively, working closely with a variety of partner teams, and valuing the different ways people can contribute to our team's goals.

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

Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders, including close collaboration with Applied Scientists, to determine requirements for new features.Leads the technical design processes for our new features and customer solutions.Engages directly with customer teams to ensure the success of our shipped solutions.Mentors other engineers on the team and in the broader organization.Ensures quality standards on the team through code reviews, architecture reviews, and active pair programming sessions.Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).Reviews current developments and proactively seeks new knowledge to improve availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products, while driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.Embodies the Microsoft culture and values .

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 TypeScript, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python including experience with web development.OR 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 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, TypeScript, 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, TypeScript, C#, Java, JavaScript, or PythonOR equivalent experience.Experience in web development, including JavaScript/TypeScript and web frameworks.Experience working on distributed systems and/or high-performance systems.Experience working with Large Language Models (LLM) APIs & integrations.Experience collaborating closely with customer teams.

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.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

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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