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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer - **Company:** Microsoft - **Location:** Houston, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $119,800.0 - $234,700.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Software Debugging, Software Design Documents, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Windows SDK, Microsoft Software, Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT), Open Source Technology, OPC Unified Architecture, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Fanuc, Free and Open-Source Software, Kuka - **Published:** July 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/87264336/1 ## About the Role Required/Minimum Qualifications (RQs/MQs) * 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 PythonOR equivalent experience. Other Requirements * Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role's job duties. Additional or Preferred Qualifications (PQs) * 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 OR equivalent experience. * Experience with ROS2 * Experience with industrial robots (Example: ABB, KUKA, FANUC, UR) * Experience with simulation (Isaac Sim, Omniverse) * Experience with AI in robotics * Familiarity with industrial protocols (OPC UA, MQTT) * Enjoy travel and are comfortable with travel up to 25% ## Description Do you enjoy solving problems, writing software, and working with customers? Do you want to join a team where learning aboutnew technologyis part of our work every day?Then, come join us! The Industry Solutions Engineering (ISE) team is a global engineering organization that works directly with customers looking toleveragethe latest technologies to address their toughest challenges. We work closely with our customers' engineers to jointly develop code for cloud-based solutions that can accelerate their organization. We work in collaboration with Microsoft product teams, partners, and open-source communities to empower our customers to do more with the cloud. We develop solutions side-by-side with our customers through collaborative innovation to solve their challenges. This work involves the development ofbroadly applicable, high-impact solution patterns and open-source software assets that contribute to the Microsoft platform. We are hiring aSeniorSoftware Engineer with deep experience andexpertisein designing and delivering solutions using modern software engineering practices and cloud technologies. You will be part ofa cross-functional teamof software engineers, data scientists, technical program managers, and designerswho work side-by-side with high-impact and strategic customers and their engineers to build innovative solutions. As part of our team, you will thrive in working with a variety of technologies, not just Microsoft technology. You will solve exciting business problems, contribute to open source, and collaborate with Microsoft product teams. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Asemployeeswe come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. Responsibilities Responsibilities: * Collaborates withappropriate stakeholderstodetermineuser requirements for a scenario. * Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform. * Creates, implements,optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code toestablishand improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI). * Leverages subject-matterexpertiseof product features and partners withappropriate stakeholders(e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items. * Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate. * Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts tonew trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale. ## Related Videos - [Green Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/592-green-cloud-computing) - [Robots are coming into the wild! 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