What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer- Frontend position at Microsoft AI?
Overview
Microsoft Clarity is a user behavior analytics platform used by millions of sites to understand and improve user experience. We’re looking for a Senior Engineer to help evolve Clarity’s web experiences, scale our UI architecture, and build AI-forward, intuitive, high‑performance interfaces used daily by customers worldwide.
You’ll work closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Backend Engineers to ship end‑to‑end features, influence architecture decisions, and raise the quality bar across the team.
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.
Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.
Responsibilities
Required Qualifications:
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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.
Microsoft Clarity is a user behavior analytics platform used by millions of sites to understand and improve user experience. We’re looking for a Senior Engineer to help evolve Clarity’s web experiences, scale our UI architecture, and build AI-forward, intuitive, high‑performance interfaces used daily by customers worldwide.
You’ll work closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Backend Engineers to ship end‑to‑end features, influence architecture decisions, and raise the quality bar across the team.
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.
Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.
Responsibilities
- Lead design and delivery of complex, scalable AI features ensuring resilience and exceptional user experience.
- Own user-facing features end‑to‑end: requirements, technical design, implementation, testing, and rollout.
- Collaborate closely with PMs and designers to translate product vision into intuitive UI.
- Drive architecture decisions, including performance, accessibility, and maintainability.
- Raise the bar with design and code reviews to ensure high engineering standards.
- Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews and technical guidance.
- Partner with backend and data teams to build cohesive, scalable solutions.
- Proactively seek new knowledge and adapt 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.
- Make AI part of engineering workflow by using tools like Github Copilot Pro and Claude Code thoughtfully to accelerate implementation, refactoring and test creation.
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.
- Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6 years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C , C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR 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.
- 5 years of experience building production web applications
- Solid expertise in JavaScript / TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSS.
- Solid understanding of web performance, accessibility, and cross‑browser compatibility.
- Solid problem‑solving skills and ability to work independently.
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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.
Salary : $119,800 - $234,700