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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
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Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
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The Senior Software Engineer joins a team focused on solving security, compliance, and sovereign cloud readiness challenges at scale. This role involves designing, building, and operating secure distributed systems and engineering platforms that improve developer productivity. The engineer will develop tooling and automation using an AI-first mindset, specifically applying agentic workflows and reusable skills to automate complex engineering processes. Key responsibilities include building data-driven solutions to turn operational signals into actionable insights and partnering across organizations to influence technical direction. The position requires proficiency in C#, Azure, Azure Data Explorer, and Azure monitoring and alerting technologies. Candidates must demonstrate experience with large-scale analytical systems, cloud services, and production software development to address technical problems involving sovereign cloud deployment readiness and governance.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.
Design, build, and operate secure, reliable distributed systems and engineering platforms at Microsoft scale.
Develop tooling and automation to improve sovereign cloud readiness, security, compliance, and developer productivity.
Apply AI-first engineering practices, including agentic workflows and reusable skills, to automate complex engineering processes.
Build data-driven solutions that convert engineering and operational signals into actionable insights.
Develop production software using C#, Azure, Azure Data Explorer, and Azure monitoring technologies.
Partner across organizations to influence technical direction and drive adoption of scalable solutions.
Contribute to architecture and technical strategy while remaining hands-on in implementation and operation.
Mentor other engineers and foster a collaborative culture of learning and shared ownership.
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 (or equivalent experience).
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Experience building security, compliance, governance, or cloud-readiness platforms and tooling (preferred).
Experience with sovereign cloud or large-scale cloud deployment readiness (preferred).
Experience with Azure Data Explorer and large-scale analytical systems (preferred).
Experience applying AI, agents, or agentic workflows to engineering automation and developer productivity (preferred).
Experience building platforms or developer tooling used by multiple teams or organizations (preferred).
Experience designing and operating distributed systems and cloud services (preferred).
C
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Azure
AWS
GCP
CI/CD
Distributed Systems
AI/ML
Secure Coding
Data Protection
Authentication
Access Control
Monitoring
Telemetry
Java
Python
Go
C++
C#
Kubernetes
Docker
RESTful APIs
CI/CD
Linux
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Distributed Systems
GitHub Copilot
Codex
Claude Code
Infrastructure Automation
Service Observability