Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, WA
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Aug 12, 2026
Redmond, WA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role focuses on building and maintaining automated test infrastructure for Windows hardware/software validation in a lab environment. The engineer will implement test harnesses, runners, setup utilities, and result collectors; investigate test failures using logs, traces, and Windows debugging tools; and write clean, maintainable code across languages such as C, C++, C#, or Python. It suits an early-career engineer with some automation or testing experience and an interest in OS-level diagnostics.
Junior level · 1+ years
“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
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,594 (middle half $82,076–$136,109).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 15, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The coding requirement lists C, C++, C#, Python, and PowerShell as a group of acceptable options — one skill entry is used for the primary (C) with the others as alternatives, reflecting that the JD gates on proficiency in at least one of these languages rather than all of them individually.
Java and JavaScript appear only in the degree/equivalent-experience clause as examples of coding languages, not in the technical requirements section; they are captured as preferred.
No work location is specified in the posting; the CBSA is left blank. The role involves physical lab environments, suggesting on-site work, so remote is set to false.
The degree requirement accepts equivalent experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, so the degree requirement is set to None.
The 1+ year minimum experience requirement is stated broadly across professional work, internships, or academic projects — consistent with a Junior-level role.
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