Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer - CoreAI
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years required; equivalent experience accepted. Preferred: 8+ years using C#/C/C++/Java/JavaScript and 1+ year on Azure DevOps.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Build and operate Azure DevOps and GitHub solutions, focusing on service scalability, reliability, and developer experiences.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, test, and support features primarily in C#; lead technical design for end-to-end scenarios.
- Support highly available services, troubleshoot issues across the tech stack, and participate in on-call rotations to improve service health.
- Mentor colleagues through pairing, code reviews, and delegation.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in listed languages, or equivalent experience.
- Pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice to have
- 8+ years of professional experience using C#/C/C++/Java/JavaScript; 1+ year of experience on Azure DevOps.
- Experience with large-scale, highly available cloud services or distributed systems.
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, Azure DevOps, GitHub
AI focus
The posting seeks engineers curious about AI's impact on software development and experimenting with LLM-powered tools to explore developer productivity; no specific AI-building duties are stated.
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