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Senior Software Engineer

United States, Washington, RedmondSenior individual contributor$119,800 - $234,700 per yearSoftware Engineering

Listed on Microsoft’s official careers site. Posted July 16, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there.

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Job description

Work with the Product and Engineering team members to design and develop large scale distributed networking security software services and solutions. Leverage AI to build advanced security capabilities and boost engineering productivity. Adhere to and drive modern software engineering practices through design reviews. System design through well-defined interfaces across multiple components, code reviews, leveraging data/telemetry to make decisions.

Develop “best-in-class” engineering for our services by ensuring that the services and the components are well-defined and modularized, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored and reusable. Improve test coverage for services, organize and implement integration tests, and resolve problem areas. Consider testability, portability/monitoring, reliability, and maintainability, and understand when code is ready to be shared and delivered.

Focus on customer/partner needs through a data driven approach. Troubleshoot and optimize automation, reliability, and monitoring for Live Site.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor'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++, Golang, or Rust. 3+ years of familiarity with core networking protocols and technologies (HTTP, TLS, TCP/IP, DNS. etc.). 6+ years of experience with Windows based operating systems internals and open-source contributions. Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year.

There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

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