Job Description

Senior Software Engineer

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada



Date posted

Oct 17, 2025

Job number

1898137

Work site

3 days / week in-office

Travel

0-25

%

Role type

Individual Contributor

Profession

Software Engineering

Discipline

Software Engineering

Employment type

Full-Time

Overview

The People and Work Intelligence (PWI) team builds foundational intelligence capabilities that power Microsoft 365, Copilot. Our mission is to transform organizational productivity by inferring skills and tasks from collaboration signals and constructing knowledge graphs that represent the relationships between people, work, and learning

As a

Senior Software Engineer

on the People and Work Intelligence (PWI) team, you will design and develop advanced inferencing systems and graph-based architectures that power dynamic skill profiles, personalized task recommendations, and organizational knowledge graphs across Microsoft 365, Copilot, and Viva.

You'll apply large language models (LLMs) for contextual filtering and semantic enrichment, and build scalable graph indexing libraries that support agentic experiences. Your work will directly influence how digital agents understand, reason about, and connect human expertise across enterprise workflows, driving platform-level innovation at the intersection of graph intelligence, task modeling, and generative AI.

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 Qualifications:

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.
2+ years in software engineering experience

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with graph intelligence, task modeling, and generative AI

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $114,400 - CAD $203,900 per year.

Find additional pay information here:


https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html



Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 22nd, 2025.

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Responsibilities

Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features. Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight. Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable. Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation. Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems. Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments 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.