# Senior Software Engineer

**Company**: Microsoft AI
**Location**: Redmond
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $119,800 - $234,700 per year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://microsoft.ai/job/senior-software-engineer-27/
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_9d1b662b-2d2

## Description

## Summary

Microsoft AI are looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer at their Redmond office. This role sits at the heart of strategic decision-making, turning market data into actionable insights for a company that's revolutionising AI-powered search and helping billions of users find answers instantly.

## About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Bing GenAI team, you will drive the architecture and development of high-performance services that power generative AI features across Bing and Copilot. You'll lead efforts in developing modern C#-based service layers, drive prompt engineering improvements and tuning, and leverage your subject-matter expertise to guide workgroup project plans and delivery of new feature areas including web grounding, Search mode on Copilot and generative UI.

## Accountabilities

- Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.

- Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.

## The Candidate we're looking for

**Experience:**

- 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#, Java, C, C++, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

**Technical skills:**

- Solid experience with C# and .NET development for high-performance, scalable backend services.

- Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, or cloud-native development at scale.

**Personal attributes:**

- Proactive and self-motivated individual with a strong passion for software engineering and AI.

## Benefits

- Competitive salary range of $119,800 - $234,700 per year.

- Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance.

- 401(k) matching program.

- Flexible work arrangements including remote work options.

- Opportunities for professional growth and development.

- Collaborative and dynamic work environment.

## Skills

### Required
- C#
- .NET
- Distributed systems
- Microservices architecture
- Cloud-native development

### Nice to have
- AI
- Machine learning
- Prompt engineering