Senior Software Engineer, Windows

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Francisco, CARedmond, WA
Salary: $119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted: 21 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Feb 17, 2027
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $168k

This role $177k

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This role pays more than 71% of similar roles. Most pay $149,642–$187,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $168k 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 598 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 586 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Windows

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As a Senior Software Engineer - Windows 365 Link on the Operating System team, you will build experiences using advances in the Windows platform, cloud/client computing, and web UI development. You will partner with Product Management and Design to develop ideas that solve customer problems, create prototypes, and contribute to engineering systems, test infrastructure, and developer tools. The role involves optimizing, debugging, refactoring, and reusing code while leveraging telemetry and customer insights to improve product performance and reliability. You will work on a purpose-built device running a streamlined version of Windows designed for secure, low-maintenance access to Cloud PCs. Required technical skills include experience with C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, with preferred expertise in TypeScript and developing operating system components or Windows applications to solve complex connectivity and management challenges.

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Skills

C++ C# Python TypeScript JavaScript Java C Windows Web UI Telemetry Test Infrastructure

What you'll do

Build features using Windows platform advancements, cloud/client computing, and web UI development.
Develop prototypes in partnership with Product Management and Design to solve customer problems.
Produce extensible and maintainable code while optimizing, debugging, and refactoring for performance.
Identify technical dependencies and develop design documents for products, applications, services, or platforms.
Contribute to engineering systems, test infrastructure, and developer tools to improve team efficiency.
Use telemetry and customer insights to shape the evolution of the product based on real-world usage.
Drive workgroup project plans, release plans, and specific work items using subject-matter expertise.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field (or equivalent experience).
4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
4+ years of experience developing Operating System components (preferred).
4+ years of experience developing Windows applications (preferred).
2+ years of C++ development experience (preferred).

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