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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer - **Company:** Microsoft - **Location:** Redmond, WA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $119,800.0 - $234,700.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Online Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Digital Signature, Python (Programming Language), Windows API, Public Key Infrastructure, Software Engineering, Information Technology - **Published:** July 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/27877210/Senior-Software-Engineer-Washington-Redmond-1210 ## About the Role * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field 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. Other Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: * Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter., * 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 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 o OR equivalent experience. * Strong technical leadership to drive initiatives across organizations. * Passion in building and designing very large-scale systems. * Prior experience in building large scale online systems is a big plus. * Proven technical leader with architecture, design, and development experience. * 5+ years of experience developing and shipping software/services. * Demonstrated problem solving and debugging skills. * Ability to multi-task while balancing short term and long-term needs is essential. * Ability to deal with ambiguity, deliver in an agile environment, be willing to learn and adopt new technologies/industry trends and have good cross group collaboration skills. * Security including PKI, encryption/decryption, and digital signature experience is a bonus. * 4+ years of software development experience in Windows programming using Win32, or on ARM64 platform. 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. ## Description In this position, you can take charge and own all aspects of building and running highly available secure distributed services while providing mission critical functionality for Azure. You are working at the lowest layer of the Azure infrastructure. In our group, you and your work will be seen, appreciated, and rewarded. We know it's lonely at the top, so in addition to the excitement of working on new technologies, upward trajectory to your career, and compensation commensurate with your expertise and experience, we provide a close team-oriented environment with knowledgeable members who collaborate and engage in rapid experimentation and turnaround. In our group we ask questions and generate answers. Some of the questions we ask are "How do you develop services that compensate for 5% of the hardware being defect without generating a support call?" "How do we protect against widespread outage while rolling out a service that has a bug that was not discovered in testing?" If you like figuring out a conundrum and working in a cohesive group, join us at Azure Security. We are looking for strong technical leaders who can design and implement security services for entire Azure infrastructure. 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