Senior Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly

Microsoft

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Work type
On-site
Location
United States
Salary
$119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted
29 days ago
Closes
Nov 25, 2026

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Similar $184k
This role $177k
$106k most similar roles pay here $248k

This role pays more than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $152,150–$216,431 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $184k 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

Microsoft currently has 622 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly

As a Senior Software Engineer in Microsoft’s Cloud+AI Specialized Cloud (MSC) Team, you will work on deploying and operating Azure Data services within an air-gapped environment, serving internal and external customers in highly regulated industries. Your day-to-day responsibilities include proactive and reactive debugging using various tools, maintaining live service operations during on-call rotations, and driving the integration of telemetry data for system behavior analysis. You will also develop standardized solutions to ensure quality and contribute to open-source projects while identifying new software developer tools. This role requires expertise in large-scale distributed systems, strong project management skills, and a commitment to end-to-end ownership of projects, all within Microsoft’s vast ecosystem where billions of users rely on the reliability of its services daily.

What you'll do

  • Applies debugging tools to proactively write code and reactively solve issues, identifying root causes through retrospective analysis.
  • Maintains live service operations on a rotational basis, implementing solutions and escalations as needed, and writing postmortem reports.
  • Acts as Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), guiding engineers in monitoring systems for degradation or interruptions and escalating issues appropriately.
  • Drives integration of instrumentation to gather telemetry data on system behavior, creating notifications and dashboards from this data.
  • Collects and analyzes metrics on system health and bug occurrences, refining products through data analytics and informed decision-making.
  • Builds and enhances software developer tools, contributing to open-source projects and identifying new methods for current solutions.

What we're looking for

  • Proven experience in debugging complex issues using logs, telemetry, and other methods.
  • Expertise in maintaining live service operations on a rotational, on-call basis.
  • Ability to drive the integration of instrumentation for gathering system behavior data.
  • Skills in collecting, classifying, analyzing data metrics, and refining products through analytics.
  • Experience building and enhancing software developer tools, including open-source contributions.
  • Capability to define standardized solutions ensuring quality and scalability.
  • Strong project management and communication skills for end-to-end project lifecycle.

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