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versus about
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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
686 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
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Senior Software Engineer
The Senior Software Engineer joins the Microsoft AI – Bing Places Data team to accelerate the adoption of Places Data, Services & Experiences for Copilot, Bing, and Grounding products. This role focuses on building data foundations that deliver comprehensive geospatial and business location data to drive growth in Generative AI and Agents capabilities. The engineer will design and architect services, develop high-quality code, and implement testing and automation for backend systems while ensuring compliance with security and reliability standards. Day-to-day work involves developing engineering systems to extract, transform, and load content from billions of global location entities using web scraping and licensed partner signals. Required skills include proficiency in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, along with experience in Spark/PySpark, stream processing, cloud services, and large-scale interactive data analytics involving machine learning and LLM models.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196750 from 2011 postings across 148 companies.
Design and architect services and components while ensuring alignment with security, privacy, and compliance requirements.
Develop high-quality, maintainable, and extensible code for backend services.
Create and refine test plans and integrate automation to ensure robust coverage.
Build engineering systems to extract, transform, and load geospatial and business location data from global entities.
Integrate telemetry and improve internal tools and processes to meet reliability and accessibility standards.
Influence design decisions and elevate engineering practices across the peer group.
Resolve complex technical issues across both client and server layers.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Equivalent experience to the degree and years requirement is acceptable.
Experience in big data systems such as Spark/PySpark or Stream Processing Systems (preferred).
Experience with cloud services (preferred).
Ability to debug complex issues across client and server layers (preferred).
Proven skills in software system design and architecture (preferred).
Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design fundamentals (preferred).