Job Description

Join the Intelligent Conversation and Communications Cloud (IC3), the platform powering Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and next-generation AI experiences for millions of users worldwide.We are building the infrastructure that transforms real-time conversations, meetings, voice, video, and collaboration signals into intelligent, actionable experiences. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll design and build large-scale distributed systems that enable AI-powered voice agents, multimodal intelligence, and agentic experiences across Microsoft products.This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of cloud-scale services, AI, real-time communications, and Copilot innovation while helping shape the future of intelligent collaboration.

This position is based in Redmond, Washington and requires the employee be in the office a minimum of 3 days per week.

This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of cloud-scale services, AI, real-time communications, and Copilot innovation while helping shape the future of intelligent collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate highly scalable distributed services powering AI-driven communications and collaboration experiences.
• Develop next-generation platforms that extract insights and semantic understanding from voice, video, screen sharing, and meeting interactions.
• Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, designers, and partner engineering teams to deliver innovative customer-focused solutions.
• Drive system architecture, technical design, and engineering excellence with a focus on scalability, reliability, security, and performance.
• Leverage modern AI technologies, agentic workflows, and cloud services to create intelligent enterprise experiences.
• Improve service health through observability, automation, incident response, and operational excellence.
• Mentor engineers, contribute to design and code reviews, and help foster a culture of innovation and continuous learning.
• Take ownership of end-to-end delivery from design and implementation through production operations and customer impact.

Qualifications

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 $160,200 - $261,000 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.