Senior Software Engineer / Software Engineer - Backend

Please note: This job posting covers hiring for both Senior Software Engineer and Mid-level Software Engineer positions.

Microsoft is looking for Backend Software Engineers to come work on a range of cutting-edge technologies and platforms that power these mission critical services. Our Engineering teams in Ireland work on the most challenging engineering problems, allowing us to solve issues that nobody has solved before. Serving billions of users, our teams run services that are critical to the day-to-day experience of every Microsoft Cloud user. 

As a Software Engineer at Microsoft Ireland, you will develop solutions used by billions of people around the world, with teams working across our Cloud & AI, Microsoft AI, Experience & Devices, Security, and Gaming organisations and contributing to products like Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Entra, Teams, OneDrive & SharePoint, Office, and Mesh.   

We have multiple opportunities available across our EDC (European Development Centre) and are looking for candidates who are curious to learn and grow with Microsoft Ireland. 

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.

You can learn more about our Ireland  EDC site here:   

• Work with engineers, program managers, designers, and partners to deliver sets of features with the right overall design and architecture. 
• Own and deliver complete feature areas and large-scale solutions including design, architecture, implementation, testability, debugging, and shipping with secure long-term support. 
• As a technical leader on the team, you will be responsible for sharing insights and best practices that can be applied to improve development and influence direction across related sets of systems, platforms, and/or products. 
• Continue to develop your approaches through interactions with more experienced team members and continually reviewing processes to ensure efficiency. 
• Provide mentorship and coaching to more junior engineers to help them identify and propose relevant solutions. 
• Write clean well-thought-out code with an emphasis on quality, performance, simplicity, durability, scalability, reusability, and maintainability. 
• Be committed to delivering the best experience for our customers and partners, and then iterate based on qualitative and quantitative feedback.