Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, WA
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Jul 28, 2026
Redmond, WA
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role focuses on building and shipping OS-level diagnostics components — covering tracing, logging, and telemetry — for Windows or Linux platforms. The engineer owns the full diagnostics pipeline from on-device signal generation through backend ingestion and triage, and is expected to investigate production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and land durable fixes. It suits an experienced systems software developer comfortable with low-level debugging and modern engineering practices.
Senior level · 4+ years · Bachelor's required
“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
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 (4)
The posting lists multiple degree/experience pathways: a Bachelor's + 4 years is the stated minimum, but it also lists Master's + 6 years, Bachelor's + 8 years, and 'equivalent experience' as alternatives. The minimum hard gate (Bachelor's + 4 years) is used here; total experience minimum is set to 4 years accordingly.
The coding languages (C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python) are listed as a group with 'including, but not limited to' — they represent a single requirement for proficiency in at least one systems-capable language. They are captured as a set of alternatives rather than independent requirements.
Kusto, Geneva, and Watson appear in a parenthetical example ('or equivalent') within the job responsibilities narrative, not in a formal requirements section — treated as preferred/contextual stack rather than hard gates.
No work location is specified in the posting; CBSA and state fields are left blank. The mention of 'specialized security screenings' may imply a clearance-adjacent process, but no specific US security clearance is explicitly required.
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