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Senior Software Engineer

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-03 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead distributed systems design, cloud architecture, and infrastructure development while mentoring engineers and driving technical standards across multiple product groups.

Role type

Senior Software Engineer (Distributed Systems & Cloud Architecture)

Builds

Extensible, maintainable code and infrastructure used across multiple products

Domain

Cloud technology, distributed systems, software architecture

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Distributed systems design, cloud technology layers, code review, static analysis, incident response, technical leadership, architecture decision making, cross-team collaboration

Preferred skills

Ability to translate complex technical concepts for senior leadership, building trusted relationships across engineering and business teams

Technologies

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python

Responsibilities

Partner across product groups to apply expertise in distributed systems and cloud technology; Lead by example and mentor others to produce extensible and maintainable code; Develop and evangelize insights, best practices, and standards; Drive continuous improvements in architecture, code, features, and operations; Provide technical leadership in test maturity reviews, static analysis reviews, on-call rotations, and incident responses; Translate complex technical concepts and tradeoffs into actionable insights for senior leadership.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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