Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
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Salary
$119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted
13 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Mar 10, 2027

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $167k
This role $177k
$106k most similar roles pay here $248k

This role pays more than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $150,000–$184,900 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $167k for comparable roles.

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About Microsoft

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

Microsoft currently has 644 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 624 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly joins the Azure AI Platform air-gapped engineering team to deliver advanced AI capabilities for security-sensitive customers. This role involves leading engineering projects from design through deployment across a broad portfolio of products, including Azure OpenAI and Azure Machine Learning. You will build infrastructure improvements, develop reusable automation, and create deployment tooling while resolving complex production issues involving networking, identity, and service dependencies in sovereign cloud environments. The position requires proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, along with experience in containerized services using Docker and Kubernetes. You will also mentor fellow engineers through code reviews and design discussions. This role specifically addresses the challenge of providing reliable AI infrastructure for mission-critical government workloads within highly secure, air-gapped environments.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $196500 from 2013 postings across 147 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and implement software and infrastructure improvements for Azure AI services in air-gapped environments.
  • Lead engineering initiatives from initial problem definition through testing, rollout, and operational follow-through.
  • Resolve complex issues involving service dependencies, networking, identity, and infrastructure across multiple codebases.
  • Develop reusable automation, deployment tooling, and observability systems to improve reliability and efficiency.
  • Participate in on-call rotations to investigate production issues and coordinate fixes with partner teams.
  • Mentor engineers through technical guidance, design discussions, and code reviews.
  • Integrate AI-assisted development tools into workflows while maintaining high security and quality standards.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
  • 4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen to meet legal requirements for government agency support.
  • Must possess an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with SCI and Polygraph.
  • Experience designing, developing, and operating production cloud services or distributed systems using C# or Python (preferred).
  • Ability to become productive in unfamiliar codebases and apply software engineering fundamentals across different architectures (preferred).
  • Experience making architectural tradeoffs involving reliability, scalability, security, and maintainability (preferred).
  • Experience with containerized services, CI/CD pipelines, or troubleshooting complex issues across infrastructure boundaries (preferred).

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