Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Company Name: Microsoft

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Job Description: Senior Software Engineer
Posted on 4/6/2026

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Microsoft
10,001+ employees

Develops software, OS, and cloud services

Compensation Overview
$119.8k - $234.7k/yr

Mid, Senior

Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship

Remote in USA

Remote

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Software Engineering
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Backend Engineering
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Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
3+ years of experience working with distributed systems
Responsibilities
Delivery of a reliable, scalable, secure Capacity Infrastructure Platform solution for first and third party customers, contributing technical expertise throughout development stages.
Delivery of a fully functional interactive capacity lifecycle management experience.
Continuously drive improvement across teams based on the capacity lifecycle data.
Leads by example within the team by producing extensible and maintainable code, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI). Applies metrics to drive the quality and stability of code, as well as appropriate coding patterns and best practices.
Drives creation and conducting of experimentation to determine the effectiveness of changes, monitors developments for prototyping and testing products, and interprets results from experimentation.
Desired Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience

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Microsoft develops software, devices, and cloud services. Windows is an operating system that runs on personal computers, Office provides productivity apps, and Azure offers cloud computing and developer tools. The company differentiates itself with a large, integrated ecosystem of software, devices, and services, plus long-standing partnerships with PC makers and a broad enterprise footprint. Its goal is to put a computer on every desk and in every home, and to extend that reach through cloud services, professional networking (LinkedIn), and gaming.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington

Founded

1975


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