Microsoft

Sr. Software Engineer

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13 hours ago
Reston, VA, USA +2 moreSenior
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Base Salary

$120k - $261k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Produce extensible, maintainable, and scalable code while leading by example.
  • Drive dependency identification, design documentation, architecture proposals, and cross-team coordination.
  • Lead system and service integration across teams and influence solution architecture.
  • Initiate experiments to evaluate technologies and identify best-fit solutions.
  • Embed monitoring, live-site readiness, incident response, and operational excellence into development.
  • Promote clean code, modern engineering practices, and continuous improvement.
  • Improve developer tools and automation to increase team productivity.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree with 6+ years of experience, or a bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Recent backend engineering and software deployment experience is preferred.
  • Experience in high-security, regulated, or cloud environments is preferred.
  • Citizenship must be verified with a valid passport because of citizenship-based legal restrictions.
  • Successful candidates must pass Microsoft and Microsoft Cloud background checks upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Benefits

  • Typical U.S. base pay range is USD $119,800–$234,700 per year, with a separate San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area range of USD $160,200–$261,000 per year.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The position will remain open for at least five days and accepts applications on an ongoing basis until filled.

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Microsoft

About Microsoft

10,000+ employees

Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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