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Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

Location

Redmond, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/22/2026

Compensation

$119,800 - $261,000 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
Master's with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202696.0% approval-64% YoY
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Job description

The Senior Software Engineer role on the Agent 365 Foundation team focuses on designing and operating the compute platform for Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Copilot agent workloads. This position involves leading the technical direction of the platform, ensuring secure hosting infrastructure, and enhancing engineering practices within the team. The role requires close collaboration with Azure services and emphasizes the importance of reliability, deployment velocity, and cost efficiency. Candidates will be part of a culture that values innovation, collaboration, and inclusion.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python is preferred.
  • Deep hands-on experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Experience with Microsoft stack technologies, particularly C#, .NET, and core Azure platform services.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, development, and operation of the platform services and APIs for containerized compute.
  • Drive architecture and technical strategy for hosting on Azure Container Instances, Service Fabric, and Azure Kubernetes Service.
  • Own components of the networking, identity, and isolation layers of the platform.
  • Participate in the on-call rotation and drive mitigation of live site production incidents.
  • Use telemetry, logging, and monitoring to inform decisions on reliability, performance, and infrastructure cost.

Benefits

  • Employees at Microsoft are often offered comprehensive, “world-class” benefits—including health and mental-wellness programs, competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards, and retirement/savings options. Time-off and flexibility are common, with generous vacation and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, and flexible work schedules, alongside learning support, employee resource groups, product discounts, and matching-gifts/volunteering programs. Specific benefits can vary by region.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Microsoft Corporation

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

503

FY2026

Approval rate

96.0%

FY2026

LCA certified

3,062

FY2026

Entry-level share

5.7%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-64%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-83%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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