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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
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Senior Software Engineer
The Senior Software Engineer joins the Edge Web Platform team to build foundational technologies for the web and AI-powered computing. This role involves designing and delivering high-quality architecture and APIs across Edge, Chromium, and the broader web ecosystem. You will develop web platform capabilities in areas such as networking, media, storage, rendering, layout, web APIs, the JavaScript engine, and privacy, security, and identity. Key responsibilities include contributing to the Chromium codebase, collaborating with standards bodies and open-source communities, and providing technical mentorship. The role requires expertise in browser, runtime, or systems engineering using languages like C, C++, C#, Python, Java, or JavaScript. You will solve complex problems regarding performance, security, accessibility, and interoperability to improve the web for developers and users.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196750 from 2601 postings across 154 companies.
Design and deliver high-quality architecture and APIs across Edge, Chromium, and the broader web ecosystem.
Deliver foundational web platform innovations focused on correctness, performance, security, accessibility, and compatibility.
Contribute directly to the Chromium codebase to benefit Chromium-based browsers and the web community.
Partner with standards bodies, open-source communities, and browser vendors to advance interoperable web capabilities.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to raise the bar for engineering quality and execution.
Take end-to-end ownership of projects from initial exploration and prototyping through standardization and shipping.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, or Python.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Experience contributing to large-scale software engineering projects (preferred).
5+ years of experience with C++ (preferred).
Experience designing or implementing browser, runtime, operating-system, or other performance-critical systems (preferred).
Experience with the Chromium codebase and web standards, or with comparable browser or runtime systems (preferred).