Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Teams is the hub for modern collaboration—bringing together everything teams need to succeed, all within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. It serves as the canvas that unifies your content, tools, people, and conversations in one seamless experience. As one of Microsoft’s most dynamic and impactful products, Teams is redefining the future of teamwork—and we’re just getting started.

Join us on this journey as we push the boundaries of what’s possible with Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and a world-class AI stack powering Teams Copilot and other cutting-edge AI experiences. You’ll be part of a team at the forefront of AI innovation, leveraging the latest in natural language processing to shape the future of work.

Within the Meeting Lifecycle Team, we’re evolving to deliver intelligent, context-aware features while ensuring high performance, scalability, and efficiency. We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and optimize experiences powered by next-generation AI capabilities in Teams. This is a unique opportunity to work on building world class experiences powered by natural language processing—all while collaborating with researchers and engineers across Microsoft.

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.

Responsibilities

• Champion in object-oriented languages, algorithms, data structures, and design patterns. Experience with React and TypeScript, or willingness to learn, is key.
• Prototype, experiment, and evaluate new ideas to deliver next-generation AI-powered features that redefine how teams communicate and collaborate.
• Apply advanced techniques in deep learning, natural language processing, and generative AI to improve user experience and enable intelligent features.
• Work closely with global teams to develop new features.
• Commitment to writing code that's not only functional but also well-designed, testable, and maintainable. Utilize best practices to build robust solutions.
• Design & User Experience: Bring craft to product, build features that are not just functional but feel great to use, prioritizing aesthetics and user experience.
• End-to-End Implementation: Diving into native code or learning new technologies.
• Data-Driven Analysis: Analyze feature performance in production to continuously improve the product.
• Mentorship & Growth: Engage in mentorship, code reviews, and knowledge sharing to foster the professional growth of the team.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 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.
• 4+ years of experience designing & shipping production software.
• 4+ years of experience with algorithms, data structures, and design patterns.

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

• 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.
• Application Design: Designing and delivering high-performance, reliable, accessible, and secure applications for a vast user base.
• Data-Driven Development: Instrumenting apps a