Lead Software Engineer

Microsoft; Juneau (AK); On-site; USD 153,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Microsoft is hiring a Lead Software Engineer in Juneau, AK to own the lead Scrum workstream and ship incremental improvements to the Microsoft Juneau platform. You will bridge Scrum and Change Management, build tools for customer service self-service, and enhance test automation to improve release confidence.

We seek a reliable, risk-aware engineer with 7+ years of experience who is eager to learn and take on unglamorous but essential work.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building trust in unglamorous environments.
• Strong risk detection and mitigation mindset.
• Proven reliability and accountability for critical work.

Responsibilities

• Build customer service self-service tools for Juneau teams.
• Enhance test automation frameworks to raise release confidence.
• Bridge Scrum and Change Management across Microsoft's Juneau platform.
• Own the lead Scrum workstream and unblock the roadmap.
• Ship incremental improvements on a regular cadence.
• Defend uptime and respond to late-night incidents in Juneau.
• Break large initiatives into manageable Change Management increments.

Skills

Leadership experience

Risk awareness

Performance-driven

Learning mindset

Reliability

Git

Tools

Git

Job description

We're hiring a Lead Software Engineer for the unglamorous, essential work of making Google Cloud fast enough that nobody notices it at all. A Lead Software Engineer seat that takes 9 years of Docker seriously, pays $153,000 - $225,000, and hands over the technology reins.

Key Responsibilities

• Build Customer Service self-service tools so Juneau teams stop filing tickets for everything
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence
• Bridge Scrum and Change Management so the two halves of Microsoft's platform finally talk
• Own the lead Scrum workstream that unblocks the rest of Microsoft's Juneau, AK roadmap
• Ship incremental improvements to Microsoft's Juneau platform on a regular cadence
• Defend Microsoft uptime through the 2 a.m. Juneau pages nobody volunteers for
• Break large technology initiatives into Change Management increments Juneau can actually deliver

What You'll Bring

• The reflex to surface risk before it surfaces itself
• A performance-driven attitude and eagerness to learn new skills
• The kind of reliability that earns you the hard assignments
• 7+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way

Microsoft is a wildly-collaborative team based in Juneau, AK, building products that customers rely on every day. Psychological safety is something we actively build, so disagreeing in good faith is encouraged.

Pair your Git with our $153,000 - $225,000, our mentors, our benefits, and our flexible Juneau, AK culture, and the math works in your favor.

The Microsoft team is expanding in Juneau, AK this quarter, and this seat is part of that growth.