Senior Software Engineer - FDE

Overview

Senior Software Engineer - FDE at Microsoft, United States (multiple locations). You will apply strong software design and engineering expertise to build reliable, production-ready systems and services that turn ideas and data-driven insights into scalable solutions. You’ll work in small, multidisciplinary crews with data scientists, product managers, and domain experts, owning the full lifecycle from design through deployed solutions. Our work is powered by AI, applying AI mindset and tooling across the development lifecycle to move from idea to production quickly while maintaining high standards of security, quality, and trust.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and operate production-grade software and services that are secure, reliable, and scalable.
• Partner with customers and internal stakeholders to clarify requirements, define success metrics, and translate business needs into technical designs.
• Drive engineering best practices including code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and documentation.
• Apply a security-first mindset and follow Microsoft security and compliance requirements throughout design and delivery.
• Deliver customer outcomes end-to-end: prototype quickly, iterate with feedback, and land solutions that meet quality, performance, and maintainability goals.
• Build reusable components, reference implementations, and patterns that can be shared across teams and engagements.
• Learn and adapt in a fast-moving environment, using experimentation and data to guide decisions and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate effectively across disciplines (engineering, data science, product, design, security) and contribute to an inclusive, respectful team culture.
• Lead technical workstreams by aligning stakeholders, breaking down ambiguous problems, and driving execution through to delivery.
• Embody our culture and values.

Requirements

• Required minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field AND 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
• Other requirements: Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the job duties.
• Additional or preferred qualifications: Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field AND 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, OR Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, OR equivalent experience.
• Experience partnering directly with customers or internal stakeholders to deliver solutions end-to-end.
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating AI or LLM-based solutions, including prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented approaches, model tuning, evaluation, data quality, performance monitoring, and use of cloud AI platforms.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.