Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: —
Salary: $119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Apr 26, 2027

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Above market

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This role pays more than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $139,387–$177,250 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $158k 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 692 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 649 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

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The Senior Software Engineer joins the Microsoft 365 Copilot team to develop long-running agentic capabilities and multi-model experiences. In this role, you will design and build scalable distributed backend services that enable agents to perform complex, multi-step work and power features like Critique and Council. You will be responsible for the full lifecycle of production systems, including architecture, implementation, evaluation, and reliability. The work involves turning emerging AI capabilities into customer experiences by integrating frontier models and research perspectives. Required technical skills include proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. You must also demonstrate experience with large-scale distributed systems, retrieval-augmented generation, agent orchestration, tool integration, and model gateways while adhering to responsible AI safety practices.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $196000 from 2584 postings across 147 companies.

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Skills

Python C++ C# Java JavaScript C Distributed Systems Large Language Models Retrieval-Augmented Generation Agent Orchestration Azure AI Evaluation Prompt Management Cloud Services data-governance

What you'll do

Define and build architecture for long-running agentic capabilities and multi-model experiences in Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Build and own scalable distributed backend services from design through production operation.
Adopt evaluation methodologies and online experimentation frameworks to measure model and product performance.
Translate emerging AI capabilities into meaningful customer experiences by navigating technical tradeoffs.
Implement engineering best practices through mentoring, architecture reviews, and creating reusable software patterns.
Champion responsible AI-assisted and agentic engineering to improve development agility and quality.

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).
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Master’s degree in computer science or related technical field and 4+ years of experience (preferred).
Bachelor’s degree in computer science and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Experience designing, building, shipping, and operating large-scale distributed systems, cloud services, or complex production platforms (preferred).
Experience building production AI systems using LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation, agent orchestration, tool integration, or model gateways (preferred).
Experience with AI evaluation and prompt management for production applications (preferred).
Knowledge of Responsible AI and AI safety practices, including privacy, security, compliance, and data-governance for enterprise AI systems (preferred).

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