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Senior Software Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Oct 31, 2025 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft's Substrate is a massively scaled service that forms the backbone of M365 offerings. Our services empower businesses, educational institutions, governments, and individuals worldwide, representing more than a billion users.The Workload Management (WLM) team under M365 is responsible for managing execution of millions of background and system tasks for M365 and Copilot users. We are applying various technologies to maximize resource utilization while ensuing end user experiences are not impacted by keeping the giant system running in a stable and efficient way. We are driving continuous improvement towards integrated and intelligent automated operations.As a Senior Software Engineer, you will help plan, design, developand test software systems or applications for software enhancements which may be used in local, networked, cloud-based, or Internet-related computer programs. This opportunity will allow you to develop software, AI/LLM tools and code to be used in support of design, infrastructure and technology platforms as well as commercial or end-user applications. You will use current programming language and technologies to write code, perform testing and debug any issues with robust documentation, procedures for deployment and processes for maintenance.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.
ResponsibilitiesWorks with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.Contributes to setup and run Experiments, evaluate results and impact and report.Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems. | |