Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

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On-site
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$119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted
14 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Feb 24, 2027

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $169k
This role $177k
$106k most similar roles pay here $248k

This role pays more than 69% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$188,277 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $169k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 598 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 586 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

The Senior Software Engineer joins the AdTech Engineering team to design, build, and operate infrastructure for next-generation clean room capabilities. This role focuses on developing scalable platform patterns for data onboarding, audience creation, identity resolution, and measurement while ensuring secure data exchange mechanisms for partner collaboration. The engineer will implement security controls, network isolation, and encryption within highly regulated environments to support privacy-safe marketing solutions. Day-to-day responsibilities include building automated deployment pipelines, managing observability tools, and defining architecture standards for privacy-enhancing technologies. Required technical skills include proficiency in Python, SQL, PowerShell, Terraform, or Bicep. The role addresses the complex challenge of enabling secure data collaboration while protecting sensitive customer information through infrastructure that supports identity graphs, consent management, and large-scale analytics platforms like Databricks, Spark, and Azure Data Factory within the AdTech domain.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and operate infrastructure for Microsoft's clean room ecosystem and privacy-preserving data collaboration capabilities.
  • Develop scalable platform patterns for data onboarding, audience creation, identity matching, and measurement workflows.
  • Build reusable infrastructure components and secure data exchange mechanisms to support multiple partners and use cases.
  • Implement security controls including access management, network isolation, encryption, and auditing for regulated environments.
  • Ensure compliance with privacy-by-design principles and audit requirements in partnership with legal and security teams.
  • Develop observability, monitoring, and automated deployment pipelines for clean room services and data pipelines.
  • Define infrastructure standards and architecture patterns for emerging privacy-enhancing technologies and identity solutions.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
  • 4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in Python, SQL, PowerShell, Terraform, or Bicep.
  • 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, platform, DevOps, SRE, or data platform engineering.
  • Experience with Azure and enterprise-scale systems.
  • Experience building secure environments for sensitive or regulated data including identity management and security architecture.
  • Experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automated provisioning, observability, and platform operations.
  • Experience designing privacy-safe data collaboration solutions using clean rooms, PETs, confidential computing, or identity resolution.
  • Experience with large-scale analytics platforms like Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Spark, Azure Data Factory, Event Hubs, or Synapse.

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