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Senior Software Engineer

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-03 → 2026-09-29

Core

Lead distributed systems design, cloud architecture, and infrastructure development while mentoring engineers and driving technical standards across multiple product groups.

Role type

Senior Software Engineer (Distributed Systems & Cloud Architecture)

Builds

Extensible, maintainable code and infrastructure used across multiple products

Domain

Cloud technology, distributed systems, software architecture

Required skills

Distributed systems design, cloud technology layers, code review, static analysis, incident response, technical leadership, architecture decision making, cross-team collaboration

Preferred skills

Ability to translate complex technical concepts for senior leadership, building trusted relationships across engineering and business teams

Technologies

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python

Responsibilities

Partner across product groups to apply expertise in distributed systems and cloud technology; Lead by example and mentor others to produce extensible and maintainable code; Develop and evangelize insights, best practices, and standards; Drive continuous improvements in architecture, code, features, and operations; Provide technical leadership in test maturity reviews, static analysis reviews, on-call rotations, and incident responses; Translate complex technical concepts and tradeoffs into actionable insights for senior leadership.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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