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Senior Software Engineer

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-29 → 2026-10-07

Core

Building high-quality, intuitive products and high-performance, multi-threaded, distributed systems with a focus on optimization and reliability.

Role type

Senior Software Engineer (Systems & Performance) (via careerplan.io/jobs/1970393556911584-senior-software-engineer-at-microsoft)

Builds

High-performance distributed systems and applications

Domain

Software Engineering / Distributed Systems

Required skills

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Rust, Go, multi-threaded programming, distributed systems, Linux, advanced optimization, service-oriented architecture (SOA), data structures, algorithms, time complexity analysis

Preferred skills

Rust, Go, extensive experience with languages beyond C/C++/Java

Technologies

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Rust, Go, Linux

Responsibilities

Design and implement code for products and services, break down work items, estimate effort, monitor system health and restore services during incidents, drive consistency in monitoring and operations at scale, create design documents with minimal oversight

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC