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Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

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6 years

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Hyderabad, Telangana

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Skills Required

software test automation planning testing metrics drive stability code coding debugging restore service analyze data security accessibility development communication addition agility design algorithms architecture analytics collaborative research statistics engineering estimation triage targeting integrity java javascript python management reliability technology compliance leadership deployment configuration instrumentation notifications network regulations

Work Mode

Remote

Job Type

Full Time

Job Description

Senior Software Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Date posted

Aug 07, 2025

Job number

1855064

Work site

Up to 50% work from home

Travel

0-25 %

Role type

People Manager

Profession

Software Engineering

Discipline

Software Engineering

Employment type

Full-Time

Overview

Partially owns solutions for architecting of solutions, with minimal technical oversight. Drives efforts to add new tests, remove antiquated tests, and aggregate tests to improve the test suite. Drives efforts to continually integrate automation features when planning for testing. Applies metrics to drive the quality and stability of code, as well as appropriate coding patterns and best practices. Conducts retrospective debugging of solutions to identify root causes of problems. Organizes work into smaller sets of tasks as part of an overall roadmap. Creates and updates implementation framework as necessary, following industry standards. Alerts stakeholders as to status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple problems and complex problems when appropriate. Drives efforts to collect, classify, and analyze data on a range of metrics. Drives efforts to ensure the correct processes are followed to achieve a high degree of security, privacy, safety, and accessibility. Applies and extrapolates best practices to reliably build code that is based on well-established methods while also applying best practices for new code development. Maintains communication with key partners across the Microsoft ecosystem of engineers. In addition, this role as a Senior Software Engineer your responsibilities including driving employee growth and development, executing projects, and managing performance.

Agility: Ability to think, understand, and process information quickly.
Algorithm Design and Implementation: The ability to design, analyze, implement, optimize, profile and experimentally evaluate computer algorithms. Includes knowledge of practical applications of algorithms in software engineering.
Architecture Design: The ability to apply reference architecture and patterns for a variety of solutions (e.g., advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, big data, Internet of Things, modern business intelligence and analytics, modern applications, data platform modernization, data warehousing, business intelligence and analytics, etc.).
Collaborative Innovation: Knowledge of others' expertise and the ability to involve multiple players (within and outside the organization) in the creation or development of novel products, processes, or research streams.
Computer Science: The ability to apply computer science principles (e.g., data structures, algorithms, run-times), statistics and computer architecture to implement, adapt, or apply concepts when programming.
Conflict Resolution: The ability to manage conflict, disharmony, and strife among people and situations, while recognizing and addressing sensitivities.
Decision Making: The ability to make decisions in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment. This includes the ability to define, diagnose, and determine an appropriate resolution, recommendation, or decision while considering alternatives and factors (e.g., resources, costs, tradeoffs).
Design Readiness: The ability to deliver informed designs and plans ahead of production and execution. This includes the ability to ensure there is time for feedback and iterations for deadlines.
Detail Oriented: The ability to attend to and verify the accuracy and completeness of detailed information in documents, on the computer, and/or in other work products. This includes being able to code, file, compile, transcribe, classify, and/or track details from a variety of different sources/problems/issues.
Engineering Lifecycle: Knowledge of the engineering lifecycle that provides for task estimation, design and code review, specification review, bug triage, code check-in, sign-off, test targeting, and performance standards to meet customer and business goals.
English Language Proficiency: The ability to speak and understand English when giving instructions and directions, and when talking with colleagues, managers, and others for work matters.

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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 7+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

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.
2+ years people management experience.

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Responsibilities

Coding: Coaches others to review code of a product to assure it meets the team's and Microsoft's quality standards, is reliable and accurate, and is appropriate for the scale of the product/solution. Applies feedback to current and future iterations. Participates in code reviews to ensure coding standards are followed. Considers diagnosability, reliability, and maintainability when reviewing code and understands when code is ready to be shared or delivered. Applies and screens for coding patterns and best practices in reviews, and provides feedback on code to drive adherence to best practices.
Design: Coaches others and leads discussions for architecture of products/solutions and creates proposals for architecture by testing design hypotheses and helping to refine code plans. Provides reactions, proposed solutions, and inputs to architects. Partially owns to provide solutions for architecting of solutions, with minimal technical oversight. Develops and mentors others in development of design documents for designs or User Stories, and determines the technology that will be leveraged and how it will interact. Coaches others and shares learnings and identified solutions from investigations with the team and owns for some design decisions. Coaches employees to consider, and assures system architecture meets security and compliance requirements and expectations.
Engineering Excellence: Builds and maintains communication with key partners across the Microsoft ecosystem of engineers. Acts as a key contact for leadership to ensure alignment with partners' expectations. Builds partner teams across Microsoft (e.g., Xbox, Office) and their end goals for products to drive and achieve desirable user experiences and fitting dynamic needs of partners/customers through product development. Monitors project progress.
Implement: Coaches others on deployment appropriate environments. Ensures the correct measures are in place to deploy products. Considers and accounts for the impact of build deployments on both users and other services. Is accountable for safe deployment practices for code and configuration. Coaches others and drives efforts to assure that solutions are deployed in a safe manner.
Reliability and Supportability: Coaches others and drives efforts to integrate instrumentation for gathering telemetry data on system behavior such as performance, reliability, availability, utility, and safety mechanisms. Drives sustainment of feedback loops from telemetry resulting in subsequent designs. Creates outputs of telemetry such as notifications or dashboards.
Understand User Requirements: Coaches and supports partnership with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements within teams. Leverages a variety of feedback channels to incorporate insights into future designs or solution fixes. Coaches incorporation of appropriate continuous feedback loops measuring customer value, usage patterns, and other actionable metrics of value.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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