Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft

Department: Software Engineering

Compensation

$119,800 – $234,700/yr

Setup: Hybrid
Location: Redmond, Washington
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 23, 2026

Description

Microsoft is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to own significant parts of the Microsoft Store client experience on Windows, including acquisition, install, and update flows. The role covers technical design, feature delivery, reliability, performance, production troubleshooting, incident response, service health monitoring, legacy modernization, cross-team issue diagnosis, engineering quality, and mentorship. Candidates need a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field plus at least four years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience. The typical U.S. base pay range is USD 119,800 to USD 234,700 per year, with higher ranges for the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area.

Required Skills

C++
C#
Windows client development
App packaging
Telemetry
Incident response
Code health
Automation

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
Required Previous Experiences: At least 4 years of technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
Experience with Windows client development, app packaging, deployment, and the app model stack
Experience shipping and operating a consumer-scale client application with live-site ownership, on-call, and telemetry-driven quality improvement
Experience with app distribution or commerce systems, including catalog, licensing, entitlement, or update services
Experience debugging complex problems across process, service, and operating system boundaries using logs, traces, and diagnostics tooling
Experience mentoring engineers or leading a workstream without formal management responsibility
Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field with at least 5 years of technical engineering experience
Solid proficiency in C++ or C# within a large, long-lived production codebase
Experience with app distribution or commerce systems, including catalog, licensing, entitlement, or update services
Experience debugging complex problems across process, service, and operating system boundaries using logs, traces, and diagnostics tooling
Experience mentoring engineers or leading a workstream without formal management responsibility
Translation Company Name: Microsoft

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