Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world. Microsoft's Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, supporting a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture. Within Azure Data, the business intelligence team builds and maintains Power BI which is the undisputed leader in BI tool in the industry today and serves as the bridge between data professionals and office users. Power BI's core value proposition is to enable end users to get answers and insights from their data through data visualization. Power BI team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer with experience working with large cloud multi-tenant services and having a passion to leverage latest technologies to push the envelope on experiences that will delight our customers. We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective collaboration of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served. 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

• Design and develop solutions leveraging AI technologies to provide delightful end user experiences for Power BI.
• Design, implementation, and testing of both client-side and server-side code.
• Collaborating with partner teams to deliver end-to-end systems and experiences.
• Investigating and prototyping new technologies and frameworks.
• Writing and maintaining unit tests and automated integration tests.

Qualifications

• Required/Minimum 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.
• Experience with AI/LLMs and designing and implementing ML/LLM-based solutions in production environments.
• 3+ years of experience with distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native architectures on Microsoft Azure.
• 3+ years of experience designing and developing loosely coupled, componentized, and unit-tested software.
• Other Requirements
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
• Preferred/Additional Qualifications
• Understanding and successful demonstration of distributed systems with security, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Experience leveraging generative AI technologies to develop innovative and user-focused product features.
• Experience with Business Intelligence is a plus.
• 2+ years in AI/ML or agentic systems.
• Experience, ability, and willingness to work collaboratively and independently with others on the implementation of large, distributed systems.
• Proficiency in C#, and TypeScript.
• Familiarity with vector databases, and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines.
• Knowledge of security, compliance, and data governance in enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of MCP (Model Context Protocol) and agent coordination protocols.
• Experience in open-source AI or agentic frameworks.

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 09, 2025. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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.