Overview

Are you passionate about using data to shape exceptional user experiences? Do you want your work to directly impact the lives of billions of people around the world? Microsoft Development Center Norway (MDCN) is expanding, and we’re looking for a talented Software Engineer who thrive on solving complex problems and delivering insights that drive innovation.

Microsoft Development Center Norway (MDCN) is a key engineering hub within Microsoft’s Experiences & Devices division, with offices in Oslo, Trondheim, and Tromsø. Our teams are at the forefront of building and scaling the next generation of Copilot and Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities across Microsoft 365 - powering products like M365 Copilot, Outlook, One Drive, Share Point, and Microsoft Teams.
We work on some of the world’s most advanced distributed systems, operating across hundreds of data centers globally. Our solutions are used by Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, non-profits, and hundreds of millions of users every day.

To deliver on our mission to empower people and organizations to achieve more, we build the core services that power Copilot experiences across Microsoft 365. We are seeking a skilled software engineer to design, build, and operate planetscale distributed systems that handle massive data volumes with high reliability, low latency, and strong correctness guarantees.

You will work in an agile engineering environment alongside experts in distributed systems, largescale storage and compute, search and indexing, and cloud infrastructure. Your work will directly enable Copilot’s ability to reason over organizational data, personalize experiences, and operate reliably at global scale.

We are looking for engineers who thrive in collaborative environments and are excited to push the boundaries of what AI can do for millions of users worldwide. If you are ready to work on cutting-edge technology with real impact, MDCN is the place for you. 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:

As a Microsoft Software Engineer your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with and guide internal and external stakeholders to determine and confirm customer/user requirements for a product or solution.
• Lead discussions and own the architecture for a product/solution; create proposals for architecture by testing design hypotheses and developing design specifications.
• Create a clear testing strategy to ensure product/solution quality and prevent regression in existing code.
• Identify dependencies and incorporate them into design documents for a product/solution.
• Produce extensible, maintainable, well-tested, secure, and performant code adhering to design specifications.
• Use debugging tools, tests, logs, telemetry, and other methods to verify assumptions during development before issues occur in production.
• Leverage appropriate tooling (e.g., artificial intelligence) to improve efficiency and overall quality of work output.
• Review product code and test code to ensure it meets team standards, contains correct test coverage, and is appropriate for the product/solution.
• Design, implementation, testing, rollout and running software services.
• Work in a collaborative and agile environment, with local and remote partners and team members.
• Ship your code to thousands of machines serving millions of users around the world.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or PythonOR equivalent experience.
• Strong technical problem-solving skills and a desire to learn from others.
• Experience in software development with ability to produce maintainable and well-tested code.
• Strong skills in collaborating with stakeholders to understand requirements.
• Proficiency with debugging, testing, and telemetry tools.
• Knowledge of using tooling/AI to improve work efficiency.
• Understanding of algorithms, data structures and other systems architecture factors that affect code quality, performance, and customer experience.
• Skill in time management and completing software projects in a cooperative team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in defining testing strategies and preventing regressions
• Capability to lead architecture discussions and design specifications.
• Proven ability to identify dependencies and incorporate them into design.
• Strong code and test code review experience ensuring compliance with team standards

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

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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.