Senior Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineeress

Microsoft Schweiz GmbH - March 17, 2026

Overview

Do you enjoy solving problems, writing software, and working with customers? Do you want to join a team where learning about new technology is part of our everyday work? If so, we invite you to become a part of our dynamic team!

The Industry Solutions Engineering (ISE) team is a global engineering organization that collaborates directly with customers to leverage cutting-edge technologies and address their most pressing challenges.

We closely partner with our customers’ engineers to co-develop code for cloud-based solutions that accelerate their organizations. Collaborating with Microsoft product teams, industry partners, and open-source communities, we empower our customers to maximize their capabilities in the cloud. Our work emphasizes collaborative innovation, leading to the creation of broadly applicable, high-impact solution patterns and open-source software assets that contribute to the Microsoft platform.

We are searching for a Senior Software Engineer with deep experience and expertise in designing and delivering solutions using modern software engineering practices and cloud technologies. You will join a cross-functional team of software engineers, data scientists, technical program managers, and designers who work alongside impactful and strategic customers and their engineers to create innovative solutions.

As a member of our team, you will thrive in a variety of technologies, not limited to Microsoft technology. You will tackle exciting business problems, contribute to open-source initiatives, and collaborate with Microsoft product teams.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we unite with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to achieve our shared ambitions. Each day, we reinforce our values of respect, integrity, and accountability, fostering a culture of inclusion where everyone can excel at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and define user requirements for specific scenarios.
  • Identify dependencies and develop design documents for products, applications, services, or platforms.
  • Create, implement, optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to enhance performance, maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
  • Utilize subject-matter expertise in product features to partner with stakeholders (e.g., project managers) and drive project and release plans as well as work items.
  • Serve as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), guiding other engineers by developing and adhering to operational guidelines, monitoring system/product/service performance, and addressing issues proactively.
  • Seek new knowledge and adapt to emerging trends, technical solutions, and patterns aiming to improve availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products, while striving for consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
  • Embody the company culture and values.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline AND 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field AND 10+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
  • Comfortable with travel up to 25% of the time.

Our team values a growth mindset, inspires excellence, and encourages everyone to share their unique perspectives while being their authentic selves. Join us and help create life-changing innovations that impact billions around the world!

At Microsoft, we seek individuals who are passionate about the positive impact technology can have on communities and making a difference globally. Within ISE, you will find a diverse range of backgrounds, perspectives, and personal experiences that are essential to our success with customers. We foster an informal and flexible work environment, allowing you to work in a manner that best suits your productivity.

We invest in your health, wellness, and financial future by offering a competitive package that includes a comprehensive array of benefits tailored to your personal needs and those of your loved ones.

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Only applications matching the job profile will be considered.

Location : Zürich
Country : Switzerland

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