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Software Engineering IC4

Pay
$119,800 – $234,700 per year
Location
United States · On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Senior
Experience
4+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Listed
29 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • Microsoft Cloud background check
  • C#
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • mobile app architecture

Also useful

  • AI-assisted coding tools
  • telemetry
  • experimentation

Stated benefits & perks

  • Health

Overview

Help Outlook Mobile build the best email experience for millions of users. People around the world rely on Outlook to stay connected and productive, and we are committed to delivering a fast, reliable, and high-quality native mobile app.

Our team is passionate about quality, innovation, and building unique mobile capabilities. We balance performance and design excellence while iterating quickly using data-driven insights. We value collaboration, diversity of thought, and an inclusive culture where everyone can do their best work.

As a Senior Software Engineer on Outlook Mobile, you will design and build innovative features across email and calendar experiences for a fast, secure, and reliable native mobile app used by millions of people. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth on a globally scaled product, deepen your expertise in mobile development and modern mobile architecture, and gain hands-on experience with AI-assisted engineering and data-informed product decisions.

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 build features for Outlook Mobile, defining architecture and technical approaches for a secure, high-performance application.
  • Produce well-tested, maintainable, and instrumented code. Use telemetry and analytics to identify issues, understand usage patterns, and improve reliability and performance.
  • Develop high-quality user experiences that align with mobile UI and UX design standards.
  • Collaborate with product managers, technical leads, and partner teams to define requirements, APIs, technical solutions, and development tools.
  • Use customer feedback, product data, experimentation, and usage insights to guide design decisions and continuously improve the Outlook Mobile experience.
  • Apply AI-assisted coding tools responsibly to improve engineering productivity while maintaining high standards for correctness, security, testing, and maintainability.

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.

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 a related technical field AND 6+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python;
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience in those languages;
  • OR equivalent experience.
  • Demonstrated customer focus and a track record of delivering high-quality user experiences.
  • Solid project management, communication, and cross-team collaboration skills.
  • Experience with modern mobile architecture, performance, reliability, telemetry, and experimentation.
  • Experience using AI-assisted coding tools in software engineering workflows.

#Outlook; #OPG #OPGHiring

Pay and benefits

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Read the original posting

From Microsoft's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 11, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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