Senior Software Engineer | Microsoft Careers

Microsoft

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Redmond, WA Posted 22 days ago $119,800–$234,700 / year
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TL;DR

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Microsoft Copilot Experiences team, you will be responsible for designing and building high-performance web experiences that deliver intelligent user interactions at scale. Your day-to-day work involves owning end-to-end delivery across client, service, and data layers to ensure reliability and responsiveness in AI-powered systems. You will collaborate with product managers and designers to translate user needs into scalable solutions while also developing telemetry pipelines to measure engagement and satisfaction. Additionally, you will architect large-scale, low-latency experiences and mentor engineers to foster a high-performing culture. The role requires expertise in frontend systems, distributed services, and telemetry-driven innovation, along with experience in web applications, system design, and AI/ML-powered products. Familiarity with technologies such as Kusto, ClickHouse, and event pipelines is preferred.

Skills

JavaScript TypeScript React Node.js Docker Kubernetes AWS Azure CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis GraphQL Python Kusto ClickHouse Terraform GitOps Observability

What you'll do

  • Design and build high-performance, resilient web experiences for Microsoft Copilot.
  • Own end-to-end delivery across client, service, and data layers.
  • Improve reliability, latency, and responsiveness of Copilot interactions.
  • Build and evolve telemetry pipelines to measure user engagement and satisfaction.
  • Architect systems for large-scale, low-latency experiences.
  • Ensure systems meet privacy, compliance, and security standards.

What we're looking for

  • Extensive experience building high-performance web applications and distributed systems.
  • Proven ability to design scalable telemetry pipelines and session-level event models.
  • Solid understanding of system architecture, APIs, and performance optimization techniques.
  • Experience in AI/agent-based systems, including orchestration and observability.
  • Strong background in reliability engineering and performance optimization for large-scale systems.
  • Track record of influencing product direction through data-driven insights and analytics.
  • Expertise in event pipelines, analytics platforms, and user experience experimentation.

Market check

Salary context

This $119,800–$234,700 range sits above 77% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$119,800–$232,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$142,400–$177,250

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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 451 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 417 roles with salary data.

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