Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted
13 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Apr 12, 2027

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays more than 74% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$178,175 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $164k 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 694 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 651 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

The Senior Software Engineer joins the Azure Edge team to enable Microsoft products to operate across connected, disconnected, regulated, and sovereign environments. You will own a broad portfolio spanning product compliance, Azure region expansion, and product release management. Day-to-day responsibilities include translating complex regulatory, cybersecurity, and market-access obligations into actionable engineering requirements, product roadmaps, and cross-team execution plans. You will drive compliance readiness, coordinate product dependencies for new region deployments, and manage release mechanisms including risk identification and stakeholder visibility. You will also contribute to AI-enabled compliance capabilities. The role requires proficiency in coding languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. This position solves critical problems regarding regional availability, release readiness, and compliance for government, defense, and healthcare markets.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $208800 from 354 postings across 50 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Translate regulatory, cybersecurity, and market-access obligations into engineering requirements and product roadmaps.
  • Drive compliance readiness by identifying gaps and leading remediation efforts with cross-functional teams.
  • Coordinate product dependencies and engineering requirements to enable predictable Azure region expansion.
  • Own product release management mechanisms including risk identification, decision criteria, and stakeholder visibility.
  • Provide domain expertise and validation scenarios for AI-enabled compliance capabilities.
  • Establish scalable operating mechanisms, metrics, and documentation for compliance and release management.

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.
  • Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire and every two years thereafter.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like 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 languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).

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