Microsoft Senior Software Engineer - Backend 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

479944628

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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.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and high-throughput, low-latency services and operating backend services in a cloud environment (Azure or AWS or GCP).

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools or interest in enhancing developer workflows through automation.
  
• Collaboration, communication, and partnership skills with a global, cross-functional team.
• Passion for technical excellence, growth mindset, and mentoring others.
  

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 21, 2025.

• Design and implement scalable, performant, and resilient backend services to support Microsoft Teams scenarios.
• Own live site operations for the services you build — monitoring health, diagnosing issues, and driving incident resolution.
• Apply cloud resiliency patterns such as circuit breakers, retries, bulkhead isolation, throttling, and stale cache strategies.
• Partner across disciplines and geographies to deliver cross-team initiatives and integrated services at scale.
• Participate in efforts to enhance engineering productivity using AI technologies and automation, contributing to a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design guidance, and knowledge sharing.
• Contribute to service infrastructure and observability efforts to support hyper-scale growth and specialized cloud expansion.