Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA +2 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
San Francisco, CA
Mountain View, CA - Experience
- 4+ years technical engineering experience; preferred alternatives include 6+ years with a Master's Degree, or 8+ years with a Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field; preferred alternatives include a Master's Degree or equivalent experience.
About the job
Build and operate COSMIC platform services that let AI agents safely coordinate operational workflows across Microsoft’s Kubernetes fleets.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, release, and operate platform features and distributed orchestration components from requirements through production.
- Build safety controls, production-readiness capabilities, and evaluation and learning loops for automated operational workflows.
- Investigate production issues, improve reliability, and provide technical leadership through reviews, mentoring, and architecture contributions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in one or more listed languages.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice to have
- Experience with distributed systems, cloud services, or Kubernetes-based infrastructure.
- Experience with production AI or agent systems, workflow orchestration, control planes, or intelligent automation.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Rust, Kubernetes
AI focus
Build AI-agent infrastructure and workflows for deployment, capacity, resiliency, recovery, and optimization, with safety controls, evaluation, feedback, and continuous learning.
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