This role pays less than
55%
of similar roles. Most pay
$137,500–$180,250
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$152k
versus about
$159k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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
598 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
across 586 roles with salary data.
Software Engineer
The Software Engineer joins the Customer Success Engineering team within the Commercial Engineering and AI organization to build and manage critical products and services. This role involves designing, building, and operating distributed microservices on Azure platforms including App Service, AKS, Functions, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, and Azure SQL. The engineer will own features end-to-end, integrating AI capabilities such as natural language processing, semantic search, and intelligent agents using frameworks like Azure OpenAI and Semantic Kernel. Day-to-day responsibilities include driving performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency through telemetry and asynchronous I/O while managing CI/CD pipelines and on-call rotations. The role requires proficiency in C#, Python, or JavaScript, along with experience in REST APIs, NoSQL data stores, and distributed systems to solve complex problems related to catalog, search, purchase, fulfillment, metering, and billing experiences.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $202800 from 326 postings across 28 companies.
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
C#
Java
C++
C
Azure
APIs
CI/CD
DevOps
Distributed Systems
Machine Learning
Prompt Engineering
Source Control
Observability
Telemetry
Data Structures
Algorithms