Senior Software Engineer (Frontend/Full Stack)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Frontend/Full Stack): Building and shipping Copilot Shopping experiences end-to-end with a solid emphasis on frontend quality, UX polish, accessibility, performance, and reliability. Focus on architecture decisions that increase modularity, maintainability, scalability, and developer velocity, mentoring and elevating the team through technical leadership, documentation, and best practices.

Location: Expected to work from the office at least four days per week if living within a 50-mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S.

Salary: CAD $114,400 – CAD $203,900 per year.

Company

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

What you will do

• Build and ship Copilot Shopping experiences end-to-end, with a solid emphasis on frontend quality (UX polish, accessibility, performance, reliability).
• Work fluidly across the full architecture: client (web/mobile), services/APIs, data contracts, telemetry/experimentation, and operational tooling.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, and Data Science to define success metrics, instrument telemetry, run experiments, and iterate based on outcomes.
• Design and implement reusable UI components and client patterns, while also contributing to service integration and backend changes when needed to unblock or improve the experience.
• Drive engineering excellence via code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD hygiene, performance profiling, and solid live-site ownership (monitoring, alerting, incident response).
• Make pragmatic architecture decisions that increase modularity, maintainability, scalability, and developer velocity.

Requirements

• 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.
• Meaningful frontend and full-stack ownership delivering polished, performant user experiences across web and/or mobile surfaces (Kotlin/Swift/web).
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice to have

• 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.
• Experience integrating clients with backend systems via client–server contracts (e.g., REST/JSON, GraphQL, SSE/WebSockets) and collaborating on API/data contract design.
• Demonstrated ability to debug and troubleshoot client issues and drive performance optimizations for high quality user experiences.
• Experience building accessible applications that follow WCAG and ADA specifications.
• Strong collaboration skills and data-driven execution: work effectively with engineers, PM, design, and partner teams; instrument telemetry and use data to iterate.

Culture & Benefits

• As employees, come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize shared goals.
• Build on values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.