Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: —
Salary: $119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Apr 6, 2027

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $177k

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This role pays more than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $148,500–$177,250 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $163k 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 634 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 612 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

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The Senior Software Engineer joins the Azure Monitor team within the Azure Data engineering group to build the next generation system for collecting, processing, storing, and analyzing monitoring and diagnostic data. You will drive well-scoped design and implementation for cloud-native infrastructure, owning production-quality features from coding through live-site support. The role involves partnering with platform teams to align dependencies and participating in incident response to improve automation and telemetry. You will utilize C#, JavaScript, React, and Knockout to deliver customer-driven experiences for log consumption. The position requires proficiency in C, C++, Java, or Python, along with knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, or AWS. You will solve complex observability problems by managing high-scale telemetry for services like Log Analytics and Application Insights.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $196750 from 2546 postings across 156 companies.

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Skills

Microsoft Azure Microsoft Fabric C# Python JavaScript React Knockout AWS Azure SQL DB Azure Cosmos DB Azure PostgreSQL Azure Data Factory Azure Synapse Analytics Azure Service Bus Azure Event Grid Power BI Log Analytics Application Insights Prometheus Grafana Microsoft Sentinel Generative AI LLMs RAG C C++ Java

What you'll do

Design and implement cloud-native infrastructure for Azure Observability services across multiple environments.
Own production-quality features from end-to-end, including design, coding, validation, deployment, and monitoring.
Provide live-site support and participate in on-call incident response.
Improve automation, telemetry, and troubleshooting guides based on learnings from live-site issues.
Partner with infrastructure and platform teams to align dependencies and deliver supportable solutions.
Build the next generation system for collecting, processing, storing, and analyzing monitoring data.
Apply AI-driven innovations to improve developer productivity, operational efficiency, and customer experiences.

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 languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Equivalent experience to the degree and years of experience requirement.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including a Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, AWS, or similar cloud computing platforms (preferred).
Experience with modern AI technologies, including Generative AI, LLMs, RAG-based solutions, and cloud-scale data platforms (preferred).
Ability to mentor developers and drive experiences across teams to deliver infrastructure capabilities (preferred).
Experience improving reliability, security, observability, networking, or operational excellence for live services (preferred).
Demonstrated experience with React, JavaScript, Knockout, C#, or similar programming languages (preferred).