Job Description

Senior Software Engineer

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Hyderabad, Telangana, India



Date posted

Oct 14, 2025

Job number

1894522

Work site

Fully on-site

Travel

0-25

%

Role type

Individual Contributor

Profession

Software Engineering

Discipline

Software Engineering

Employment type

Full-Time

Overview

Are you passionate about revolutionizing experiences through cutting-edge innovations? Does the challenge of building highly performant, distributed, scalable, intelligent, and compliant cloud-based agentic solutions excite you? If so, the Planner team wants you to help shape the future of work and productivity. At Planner, we are not just building a product, we're shaping the future of collaboration for millions of users worldwide. We invite you to bring your expertise, passion, and innovation to our team and help us achieve this ambitious vision. Let's build the next generation of AI-powered productivity experiences together!


As a Senior Software Engineer, you will have an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment to solve complex problems and build services at scale. You will be able to gain hands-on experience with the latest technologies in AI, distributed systems, cloud services, and collaboration tools and get an opportunity to work on high-impact projects that shape the future of productivity and collaboration at scale.


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.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications (RQs/MQs)

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 building back-end systems Demonstrate a growth mindset and a passion for learning new technologies. Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. Experience with agile development methodologies, such as Scrum.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

(PQs)

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 PythonOR Master'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. Knowledge of SharePoint Online is a Plus.

Responsibilities

Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario. Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform. Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI). Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items. Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate. Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
?Industry leading healthcare
?Educational resources
?Discounts on products and services
?Savings and investments
?Maternity and paternity leave
?Generous time away
?Giving programs
?Opportunities to network and connect
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.