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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $100,600–$199,000 / yr
Posted: 68 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $180k

This role $150k

$85k most similar roles pay here $251k

This role pays less than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $152,150–$207,350 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $150k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

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As a Senior Software Engineer on the Secure Production Access (SPA) team at Microsoft’s Redmond office, you will lead engineering efforts to modernize secure access experiences and ensure world-class reliability for services used daily by thousands of engineers. Your day-to-day responsibilities include collaborating with stakeholders to determine user requirements, driving the development of design documents, and implementing robust product validation practices. You will leverage your expertise in cloud services or large distributed systems to optimize code and improve performance while working closely with teams across Microsoft. The role requires strong debugging skills, particularly in networking, operating systems, and authentication stacks, as well as experience with telemetry-driven decision making and live-site engineering practices.

Skills

Azure Kubernetes CI/CD Python Go Terraform Docker Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis GitOps

What you'll do

Leads the development of design documents for secure access products and services.
Implements and optimizes code to enhance performance and maintainability of secure access solutions.
Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) to monitor system health and initiate restorative actions.
Proactively identifies new trends and technical solutions to improve product reliability and efficiency at scale.
Drives consistent monitoring and operations practices for large-scale cloud services.

What we're looking for

Demonstrated ability to independently drive meaningful technical deliverables.
Extensive experience designing and scaling cloud services or large distributed systems.
Strong customer focus with proven ability to integrate feedback into engineering decisions.
Experience in telemetry-driven decision making and live-site engineering practices.
Proficient debugging skills across networking, operating systems, and authentication stacks.

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