Senior Software Engineer

If you're passionate about building cuttingedge solutions that empower teamwork and communication, we want to hear from you! Microsoft Teams is the central hub for collaboration, connecting people, content, and tools to enhance productivity and engagement. It plays a pivotal role in Microsoft's vision for modern work and education, revolutionizing how people communicate and collaborate globally.

The Enterprise Voice team powers the calling experiences that enable businesses and consumers to connect seamlessly across the world. Our mission is to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable voice solutions that support critical communication scenarios and unlock the next generation of calling and collaboration through AI and cloud innovation.

• Design and build core calling capabilities that scale globally.
• Collaborate across disciplines to deliver highquality, resilient solutions for realtime communication.
• Contribute to technical decisionmaking and help set priorities for development tasks.
• Drive improvements in reliability, scalability, and performance for global calling systems.
• Mentor and guide team members, fostering knowledge sharing and growth.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to innovate and shape the future of calling and collaboration.

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.

• Design and deliver complex features for large-scale, real-time communication systems, ensuring security, compliance, and enterprise readiness.
• Lead architecture discussions and create design documents that define technical direction; identify dependencies and drive release planning across teams.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code and implement robust testing, telemetry, and observability practices to ensure reliability and performance at scale.
• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for live-site health and incident response, proactively monitoring and restoring service when issues arise.
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering technical growth and sharing best practices; lead by example in engineering excellence and inclusive culture.
• Collaborate with stakeholders (PM, Design, partner teams) to align on priorities, simplify complex issues, and influence technical decisions that impact product strategy.
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies and patterns to improve availability, reliability, and efficiency; drive consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
• Champion Microsoft values of respect, integrity, and accountability while creating an inclusive environment that empowers every team member.

• 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.

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.