Software development jobs in the United States (54,270 jobs)

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Counted Nov 7, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 54,270
Employers: 10,220

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $140,697Across 11,290 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $57.03Across 2,431 listings
Average starting payUSD / month: $12,015Across 65 listings
Average starting payCAD / year: $133,344Across 47 listings
Average starting payUSD / week: $2,042Across 11 listings

Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.

Where work happens

Remote: 8%4,576 listings
Hybrid: 7%3,669 listings
On-site: 16%8,819 listings

Not specified: 69% (37,206 listings)

Employers hiring include Akamai Technologies, Inc. (779), Lockheed Martin (703), Salesforce.com (609).

Sources & calculation notes

These figures describe the listings on this role page at the date shown, not the whole job market. Listings can change.

Employer-listed minimums from at least 10 listings per currency and pay period. These are advertised starting amounts, not employee salaries. Jobs without a minimum and unusual amounts are excluded.

Hybrid and on-site classifications may be inferred from descriptions. Check the original ad. How we count

Software development jobs in the United States

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- $142,800 to $304,200 USD / year
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WA · GA · Redmond, WA · Atlanta, GA · Redmond · Atlanta
- $119,800 to $261,000 USD / year
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- $119,800 to $261,000 USD / year
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Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platform

WA, United States
Redmond, WA, United States
Redmond, United States

$119,800 to $261,000 USD / year

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Pay: $119,800 to $261,000 USD / year
Apply by: May 4, 2027
Experience: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++ or C#
Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 5, 2026

Original job description

Overview

Microsoft 365 is Microsoft’s hosted productivity suite which is well aligned with our mission ‘to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more’. This suite has hundreds of millions of users around the globe and includes services such as Sharepoint, Exchange and Outlook.com, Teams, Office Graph and OneDrive. The prime responsibility of the M365 Substrate Unified Routing Fabric team is to make the Microsoft 365 applications responsive by optimizing network access to the backend servers. We run a high scale distributed service that routes tens of trillions of requests per day and moves petabytes of data. This includes both user-to-service and service-to-service communication. Our software services end user requests and will proxy the connections accurately to the backend services in the most optimal way possible to achieve ever improving low-latency goals. Example technologies that we work with include load balancing, connection management, throttling, distributed caching, web application firewall, Domain Name System (DNS), and HTTP/3. As a Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platform our team is pioneering the next generation of cloud proxy architecture through Nanoproxy - a lightweight, high-performance native proxy designed to replace legacy IIS-based (Internet Information Services) solutions and enable a microservices-based future for Microsoft’s cloud. With the MIRA (M365 Integrated Routing Architecture) this team now handles traffic for major M365 workloads like Teams and SharePoint Online, providing enhanced routing, resilience, and security. The team is known for technical excellence, a culture of innovation, and a commitment to operational impact at massive scale. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

Independently uses appropriate artificial intelligence (AI) tools and practices across the software development lifecycle (SDLC) in a disciplined manner. Takes responsibility for the content of their AI-generated requirements, design documents, code, and other assets, assisting other members of the team to do the same. Experiments with AI tools and practices to improve their own capabilities.
Design and implement features in Nanoproxy to support different scenarios in M365 including Copilot.
Build distributed, highly available and resilient systems.
Work with services spanning thousands of servers, doing tens of billions of transactions and serving hundreds of millions of users
Drive technical excellence through code reviews, architecture design, and mentoring of early in profession engineers.
Within M365, DevOps team members take care of all aspects of running a service: planning, design, implementation, delivery, monitoring, and including (daytime hour) on-call duties.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++ or C#
OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++ or C#
OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++ or C#
OR equivalent experience.
Experience in networking, security, or proxy-related services. Experience working with large scale distributed systems.

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Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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