Software Engineer

Microsoft

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust

Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type: Hybrid
Location: —
Salary: $85,400–$168,100 / yr
Posted: 4 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes: Mar 20, 2027

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $157k

This role $127k

$72k most similar roles pay here $212k

This role pays less than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $137,705–$177,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $127k versus about $157k 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 644 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 624 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer

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Software Engineer As part of the Azure Monitor team within the Azure Data engineering group, this Software Engineer will build and evolve backend systems for high-scale observability services. The role involves designing, implementing, and operating highly available distributed services to manage large-scale telemetry workloads across the fleet. Key responsibilities include building APIs and subsystems for data collection, routing, and storage, while integrating machine learning-based anomaly detection and data validation features. The engineer will also focus on developing AI-assisted and agentic capabilities for infrastructure operations and site reliability engineering. Candidates should possess proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. This role addresses the technical challenge of managing massive telemetry volumes to provide monitoring, troubleshooting, and mitigation tools for cloud services while ensuring production reliability and security at a global scale.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $196500 from 2013 postings across 147 companies.

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Skills

Azure Microsoft Fabric Azure SQL DB Azure Cosmos DB Azure PostgreSQL Azure Data Factory Azure Synapse Analytics Azure Service Bus Azure Event Grid Power BI Prometheus Grafana Log Analytics Application Insights Python C# Java C++ JavaScript Distributed Systems Machine Learning

What you'll do

Design, implement, and operate highly available distributed services for large-scale telemetry workloads.
Build and enhance APIs, tools, and subsystems for telemetry collection, routing, storage, and data access.
Integrate machine learning capabilities for anomaly detection and data validation to improve platform intelligence.
Implement robust monitoring, alerting, and diagnostics while participating in on-call rotations and incident response.
Develop AI-assisted and agentic features to enhance infrastructure operations and engineering velocity.
Drive architecture across teams to ensure high engineering standards and reliable production services.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
Proven experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Experience with cloud-native infrastructure, distributed systems, or large-scale production services (preferred).
Experience improving reliability, security, observability, networking, or operational excellence for live services (preferred).
Experience partnering across teams to deliver infrastructure capabilities with clear ownership and supportability (preferred).

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