This role pays less than
60%
of similar roles. Most pay
$151,000–$212,110
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$152k
versus about
$182k
for comparable roles.
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
Microsoft currently has
598 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
across 586 roles with salary data.
As a Software Engineer II, Foundry Agents - CoreAI, you will join the CoreAI team to implement and maintain services supporting agent deployment, execution, and observability. You will build distributed systems and cloud services designed to run agents at scale while improving engineering and research workflows through incremental enhancements. Your daily responsibilities include debugging issues across services, models, and infrastructure, participating in technical design discussions, and writing high-quality code with strong testing practices. The role requires proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python to develop backend services like APIs and microservices. You will solve complex challenges within the domains of distributed systems, AI/ML infrastructure, developer platforms, and cloud services while utilizing AI-assisted software development tools and LLM-powered environments to deliver production-ready features in collaboration with partner teams across CoreAI and Azure.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $202800 from 326 postings across 28 companies.
Python
C#
Java
Go
JavaScript
C++
C
Kubernetes
Azure
Generative AI
Agentic Systems
Observability
Prompts
Container Orchestration
Cloud-native Infrastructure