Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer
$120K–$261K
United States · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Nov 2, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years required; preferred alternatives include 8+ years with a bachelor's degree, 6+ years with a master's degree, or equivalent experience. Additional preferred experience: 5+ years in networking and datacenter infrastructure; 4+ years in distributed systems and cloud environments and in design, coding, debugging, and problem-solving.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Designs and implements software to automate onboarding, validation, management, and tracking of new hardware for Microsoft datacenters and Azure services.
What you'll do
- Determine user requirements, identify dependencies, and develop design documents.
- Create, optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to improve software performance and maintainability.
- Serve as a designated responsible individual, monitor service health, and guide actions to restore service when issues occur.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in C++, C#, Java, or other languages listed; or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of technical engineering experience, or a master's degree and 6+ years, or equivalent experience.
- Experience in networking, datacenter infrastructure and server architecture, distributed systems and scalable cloud environments, and hands-on software design, coding, debugging, and problem-solving.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
C++, C#, Java, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Domain Name System (DNS)
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