Senior Software Engineer

The Senior Software Engineer are responsible for the following

• Develop software features for Skilling platforms, including requirement gathering, architecture, application and database design, development, testing, and deployment, while enforcing engineering proficient practices to ensure high-quality, scalable, and secure solutions.
• Leverage AI and develop Copilot features within the application to enhance user experience and productivity.
• Establish and enforce proficient practices in coding, testing, and documentation to ensure high standards for code quality, performance, and service reliability.
• Support and maintain existing services & integrations with Line of Business (LOB) applications across the enterprise.
• Design, develop and maintain engineering infrastructure, tools, and services that power the Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CI/CD) for Microsoft Learning (Skilling) platform and services. Improve the reliability and debuggability of test frameworks by integrating automation and gates.
• Develop and utilize AI/LLM models to analyze test failures, identifying root causes such as test flakiness or infrastructure issues.
• Transition manual testing efforts currently handled by vendor Directly Responsible Individuals (DRIs) into automated processes.
• Lead early in career Software Engineers, and collaborates with Product Managers, Designers and cross-functional teams to deliver high quality security solutions across platforms that ship to hundreds of millions of learners around the world.
• Leads by example within the team by producing extensible and maintainable. Optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
• Applies metrics to drive the quality and stability of code, as well as appropriate coding patterns and proficient practices. Work across organizations and directly with partners both in WWL and across Microsoft including other engineers and product leaders.
• Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for our security features. Identifies other teams and technologies that will be leveraged, how they will interact, and when one's own system may provide support to others.
• Determines any dependencies associated with application or platform functionality for the solution/product area.
• Understands up and downstream effects of solutions and work provided to ensure appropriate security and performance, drives reliability in the solutions, and optimizes dependency chains and retrieves across teams.
• Drives identification of areas of dependency and overlap with other teams or team members and drives coordination.
• Communicates across teams and resolves conflicts between teams.

Other

• Embody our culture and values .

• 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, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience., * 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, C, C++, 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, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience in cloud development principles and patterns, particularly loosely coupled architectures, micro-services and DevOps model.
• 4+ years of experience coding in C#, and .Net.
• 4+ years of experience in Database development in Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, or Azure Data Factory (ADF).
• 4 + years of experience in one of the modern front-end frameworks such as React, Type Script, and Experience with Python, AI/LLM-based tools and frameworks, particularly for analyzing test failures and predicting root causes.
• Experience in developing applications using RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, ASP.NET, Web API, and Azure AI Foundry, with a focus on scalable and intelligent enterprise solutions.
• Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
• Effective communication and a track record of sharing knowledge with others through training and knowledge sharing sessions.
• Experience optimizing cloud infrastructure for cost savings and operational efficiency.
• Experience in enterprise-scale technical experience with cloud and hybrid infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, and technology management. Knowledge of tools like Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD platforms for integrating and managing test gates.
• Production experience with two or more of the following domains; automated secret and certificate management, building private firewalled networks with VPNs, building and managing multiple automated K8s clusters, implementing a global multi-region tech stack, automating API gateways, or automated code first data pipelines (Azure Data Factory preferred).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate in a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Software Engineers, Program Managers, and Data Scientists.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or equivalent certification a plus.
• Microsoft Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate) a plus.

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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