Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, WA
$119,800–$234,700from the description
Jul 21, 2026
Redmond, WA
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A frontend engineering role focused on building and owning core user-facing features in Microsoft Edge, working across the browser client and frontend layers. The work involves improving reliability, performance, and extensibility of the browser while integrating AI capabilities into the browsing experience. It suits engineers with strong skills in modern web technologies such as TypeScript, JavaScript, and React, ideally with browser or Chromium development background.
Mid level · 4+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 13,500 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 10,100–17,500
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is internally leveled as 'Software Engineering IC4' at Microsoft, which corresponds to a Senior Engineer on Microsoft's career ladder. However, the hard-gated minimum requirement is only 4+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree, which aligns with a Mid-level band; seniority is set accordingly.
The base pay range of $119,800–$234,700/year is the standard U.S. range. A separate range of $160,200–$261,000/year applies to the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metro areas.
Degree requirement: a Bachelor's in CS or related field is the hard gate, but equivalent experience is explicitly accepted as an alternative — however, the posting does not phrase it as 'or equivalent experience' in a way that fully removes the degree gate for the minimum path; it does offer an OR branch. Given the explicit 'OR equivalent experience' language, the degree requirement is set to Bachelors as the stated minimum formal path.
JavaScript (and the other listed languages — C, C++, C#, Java, Python) appear in the Required Qualifications as interchangeable options; JavaScript is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives.
C++, TypeScript, React, and Chromium appear only in the Preferred Qualifications section and are marked accordingly. Chromium committer rights are explicitly called 'a plus'.
The posting does not specify a city, but Microsoft Edge engineering is headquartered in Redmond, WA (Seattle metro). The 50-mile commute-to-office requirement is noted; the role is not fully remote.
A Microsoft Cloud Background Check is required upon hire and every two years — this is a company-internal screening, not a US government security clearance, so the clearance requirement is set to None.
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