Senior Software Engineer, CoreAI

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted: 37 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 3 days ago
Closes: Feb 1, 2027
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $174k

This role $177k

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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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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, CoreAI

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As a Senior Software Engineer, CoreAI, you will join the Observability group to build core services that power observability in Foundry. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and delivering AI services to support product offerings for large-scale agent observability while managing the full development lifecycle and production readiness of these services. Your daily work involves collaborating with product management and partner teams to align technical direction with business goals, engaging with customers to resolve complex issues, and innovating on patterns to improve reliability, efficiency, and performance. The role requires proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, or Go. You will work specifically on the technical challenge of monitoring, evaluating, and optimizing AI agent performance within a generative AI ecosystem to create intelligent and adaptive software solutions.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?

Median $202800 from 326 postings across 28 companies.

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Skills

Generative AI Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence C++ C# Python Go Java JavaScript C Distributed Systems Cloud Services DevOps Observability

What you'll do

Design, implement, and deliver AI services for large-scale agent observability.
Manage the end-to-end development lifecycle and production readiness of core services.
Drive the team's DevOps culture to ensure high-quality software delivery.
Develop technical solutions to improve product availability, reliability, efficiency, and performance.
Engage with customers to gather feedback and resolve complex technical issues.
Align technical direction with business goals by collaborating with product management and partner teams.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check and other required security screenings.
6+ years of experience designing and delivering highly available, large-scale cloud services and distributed systems.
1+ years of technical engineering experience with machine learning or Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems.

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