Senior Software Engineer (Commerce Platforms) at Microsoft
Charlotte, NC
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Jul 27, 2026
Charlotte, NC
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role focused on building and operating distributed, cloud-native commerce platform services — spanning payments, pricing, catalogs, and transaction processing — with a strong emphasis on AI-powered features, agentic workflows, and LLM-enabled applications. The role covers the full lifecycle from design and architecture through deployment and live-site operations, and suits an experienced engineer comfortable across backend, full-stack, and platform engineering domains.
Mid level · 4+ years
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The degree requirement is a Bachelor's in CS or related field AND 4+ years experience, but the posting explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience' as an alternative to the degree — so no hard degree gate is set.
The 4+ years figure is stated at the role level ('4+ years technical engineering experience'), making it the overall experience floor rather than a per-technology requirement.
Programming language proficiency (C#, Java, Python, JavaScript, C++) is listed as a required qualification with 'or similar' — C# is named as the primary with the others captured as alternatives.
Familiarity with financial systems, payments, pricing, and commerce platforms is framed with 'Familiarity with' — treated as preferred rather than a hard gate.
AI/ML and data pipeline exposure appears under a softer 'Exposure to' framing at the end of the requirements block — treated as preferred.
The role's 4+ years minimum and scope (independent delivery, mentoring) map to Mid-level; no explicit seniority label appears in the title or posting framing.
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