Senior Software Engineer
Content + Source + Freshness • 14 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Exceptional value due to high demand for software engineering skills, competitive compensation, and the opportunity to work on cutting-edge security innovations.
- Salary range: $119,800 - $234,700/year
- Critical role in security for enterprise workloads
- Opportunity to innovate in a high-tech environment
- Requires advanced technical skills and experience
Pros
- High salary potential ($119,800 - $234,700/year)
- Work on security features for Fortune 500 clients
- Remote work flexibility with a focus on innovation
Cons
- Advanced technical requirements may limit applicant pool
- Work could involve intense focus on security which may be stressful
- Potentially high expectations for productivity and innovation
Who it's for
Senior • Remote / Hybrid
Good fit
- Senior engineers with a strong software background
- Candidates focused on security and compliance
- Individuals eager to work within large-scale cloud environments
Not recommended for
- Entry-level candidates without sufficient coding experience
- Individuals not proficient in high-performance systems
- Those uncomfortable with fast-paced engineering roles
Motivation fit
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Senior Software Engineer
Multiple Locations, United States
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Overview
The Azure Dedicated Team are responsible for attaching enterprise grade bare metal workloads within and outside Azure to other key Azure services like VMs, AKS and Azure Storage. We create scalable services to manage secure attachment of the bare metal infra in hyper scale multi-cloud environment and we provide e2e assurances about the enterprise grade security we need to operate for Fortune 500 companies.
As a Senior Software Engineer in our team, you will have the ability to work on cutting edge security engineering and security features to offer best in class security assurances from Enterprise Storage workloads to the biggest AI training infrastructure imaginable.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we 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.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- 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#, OR Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
- Hands on HPC / AI experience in k8s and scheduling.
- Experience in IPMI networks and node / systems level management, including BIOS and TPM a strong plus.
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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 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 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 equivalent experience.
- Experience in systems level security, including server management, BIOS security and TPM administration etc a strong plus.
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 $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 13th, 2025.
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Responsibilities
- Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user 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 to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
- Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate 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 to new 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.
