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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** Microsoft
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $119,800.0 - $261,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Adobe InDesign, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Online Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Software Quality, Disaster Recovery, Python (Programming Language), Systems Development Life Cycle, Reliability Engineering, Strategies of Testing, Information Technology, Low Latency
- **Published:** September 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=64f04763333da289

## 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:
Ability 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
 + OR equivalent experience.
 * Ability to communicate technical details clearly across organizational boundaries.
 * Ability and effectiveness working end-to-end in a challenging technical problem domain (plan, design, execution, continuous release, and service operation).
 * Experience with shipping internet scale, low latency and high throughput systems AI products.
 * Customer/End-result/Metrics driven in design and development.

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## Description

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AI-native delivery - Uses AI tools across the SDLC in a disciplined way, owns the quality of AI-generated code and docs, and helps the team do the same.

 * Code quality and review - Writes secure, maintainable, well-tested code and raises the bar through timely, insightful reviews that coach other engineers.
 * Architecture ownership - Leads design discussions and owns architecture for products/solutions, weighing trade-offs across performance, scalability, resiliency, COGS, and disaster recovery.
 * Test strategy - Defines test plans that prevent regressions, cover security invariants and negative cases, and improve suite speed, reliability, and defect localization.
 * Security and compliance by design - Applies "security as code," works with security partners on threat models and breach drills, and enforces privacy, accessibility, and regulatory requirements with auditable evidence.
 * Planning and safe deployment - Drives project and release plans, runs experiments with feature flags, automates deployment toward zero-touch, and maintains rollback and capacity plans.
 * Live-site reliability - Serves as DRI on-call, drives telemetry and observability, leads incident retrospectives, and implements repair actions that reduce recurrence.