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Sr. Software Engineer (Remote)

Oak Brook, IL · On-site +1

$123K - $163K/yr

We are seeking talented Senior Software Engineers who can create complex .NET back-end solutions and scalable user experiences while collaborating with an experienced team of product development ...

Senior Software Engineers

Dallas, TX · On-site

$121K - $159K/yr

Company Description ZeMoSo Technologies provides product & data engineering solutions using open source Big Data stacks, Machine Learning and advanced custom visualizations. In the recent past, we ...

Senior Software Engineers

Dallas, TX · On-site

$121K - $159K/yr

Company Description ZeMoSo Technologies provides product & data engineering solutions using open source Big Data stacks, Machine Learning and advanced custom visualizations. In the recent past, we ...

Senior Software Engineer

Mclean, VA · On-site

$102.20 - $189.80/hr

Senior Software Engineer** to support our DoD/DoW customers ... Software Engineers supporting these efforts work alongside data scientists and data engineers to ...

Senior Software Engineer

Reston, VA · On-site

$127K - $168K/yr

The Senior Software Engineer shall perform with a high degree of independence and expertise to ... test engineers • ensure high quality software products through deliberative design ...

Senior Software Engineer

Danvers, MA · On-site

$178 - $188/hr

Work closely with a team of electrical, mechanical, and software engineers, both on-site and ... Senior Software Engineer * Location: On-site in Danvers, MA Who We Are Samsung HME America (Healt ...

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Senior Software Engineer

Eagan, MN · On-site

$120 - $180/hr

Senior Software Engineer -- Content Tools Content Tools • CoCounsel Legal Integrations Overview ... Software Engineers to join the Content Tools team in building purpose-built APIs that give AI ...

Senior Software Engineer

Mclean, VA

$123K - $163K/yr

Software Engineers supporting these efforts work alongside data scientists and data engineers to ... As a Senior Software Engineer , you will also contribute to a variety of areas including: * Leading ...

Senior Software Engineer

Washington, DC · On-site

$142.33 - $234.85/hr

PEMCCO is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to provide technical leadership in the design ... Coordinate with engineers, system administrators, analysts, cybersecurity personnel, and ...

Senior Software Engineer

Mclean, VA · On-site +1

$123K - $163K/yr

Software Engineers supporting these efforts work alongside data scientists and data engineers to ... As a Senior Software Engineer , you will also contribute to a variety of areas including: * Leading ...

Senior Software Engineer

Washington, DC · On-site

$68.43 - $112.91/hr

PEMCCO is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to provide technical leadership in the design ... Coordinate with engineers, system administrators, analysts, cybersecurity personnel, and ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hanahan, SC · On-site

$53.35 - $88.03/hr

PEMCCO is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to provide technical leadership in the design ... Coordinate with engineers, system administrators, analysts, cybersecurity personnel, and ...

Senior Software Engineer

Washington, DC · On-site

$68.43 - $112.91/hr

PEMCCO is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to provide technical leadership in the design ... Coordinate with engineers, system administrators, analysts, cybersecurity personnel, and ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hanahan, SC · On-site

$53.35 - $88.03/hr

PEMCCO is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to provide technical leadership in the design ... Coordinate with engineers, system administrators, analysts, cybersecurity personnel, and ...

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How much do senior software engineers jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 15, 2026, the average yearly pay for senior software engineers in the United States is $143,292.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $122,500.00 and $161,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Senior Software Engineers vs Software Developers?

AspectSenior Software EngineersSoftware Developers
Required CredentialsBachelor's degree in CS or related field; experience often 5+ yearsBachelor's degree in CS or related field; experience varies, often less than 5 years
Work EnvironmentDesigning complex systems, leading projects, mentoringWriting code, developing features, fixing bugs
Employer & Industry UsageTech companies, startups, enterprise firmsWide range of industries, including tech, finance, healthcare
Common Search & ComparisonOften compared for experience level and responsibilitiesMore entry to mid-level roles, less leadership focus

Senior Software Engineers typically have more experience, take on leadership roles, and handle complex system design, whereas Software Developers focus on coding and feature development. The two roles often overlap but differ mainly in responsibility level and scope of work.

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Infographic showing various Senior Software Engineers job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% Internship, 87% Full Time, 8% Part Time, and 4% Contract. Highlights an 87% Physical, 4% Hybrid, and 9% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $143,292 per year, or $68.9 per hour.

Software Engineers II / Senior Software Engineers - Commerce Platforms

Microsoft

Redmond, WA • On-site

$137K - $180K/yr

Full-time

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8.5

Company rating: 8.5 out of 10

Based on 132 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

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Job description

Overview
Microsoft's Commerce Platforms organization enables scalable, resilient, and AI-powered commerce and finance platforms by improving governance, accelerating decisions, and streamlining end-to-end operations.
Our teams build and operate the intelligent commerce foundations, financial platforms, global payments systems, offer management services, commerce data platforms, AI-powered capabilities, and cloud-scale infrastructure that power Microsoft's worldwide commerce ecosystem. These mission-critical platforms support customers, partners, and employees globally while enabling secure, reliable, scalable, compliant, and data-driven commerce experiences.
We are hiring for multiple Software Engineers II and Senior Software Engineers opportunities across Commerce Platforms. These roles span several high-impact engineering areas, including:
  • AI-powered business applications and intelligent automation
  • Financial Platforms and Revenue Systems
  • Global Payments Platforms
  • Offers & Data Model
  • Commerce Infrastructure and Cloud Engineering

In these roles, you will help design, build, and operate the next generation of commerce solutions by developing distributed systems, cloud-native services, AI-powered capabilities, data platforms, and mission-critical transaction systems that support customers, partners, and employees worldwide.
You will work across engineering, product, research, and data teams to solve complex technical challenges, modernize commerce experiences, improve operational excellence, and deliver solutions at global scale.
This role requires you to be onsite 3 days a week in Microsoft's offices in Redmond, WA.
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
  • Design, build, test, deploy, and operate scalable, secure, and highly reliable distributed systems and cloud-native services.
  • Develop commerce platform capabilities supporting AI solutions, financial systems, payments, offers, pricing, catalogs, data models, and transaction processing platforms.
  • Build AI-powered experiences, intelligent automation, agentic workflows, and data-driven capabilities that improve customer and business outcomes.
  • Develop and maintain APIs, backend services, cloud platforms, data pipelines, and full-stack applications.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, define technical approaches, and deliver high-quality solutions.
  • Create and own technical designs, architecture proposals, implementation plans, and engineering documentation.
  • Drive platform modernization initiatives that improve scalability, resiliency, observability, security, compliance, and developer productivity.
  • Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to improve development efficiency, code quality, testing, deployment, and operational excellence.
  • Improve live-site health through monitoring, telemetry, automation, incident response, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
  • Champion engineering excellence through secure development practices, code reviews, automation, and high operational standards.
  • Partner across engineering, product, program management, research, and data teams to deliver end-to-end customer-focused solutions.
  • Mentor engineers, contribute to team culture, and foster a collaborative, inclusive environment.

Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python 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.

Additional or preferred qualifications
  • Professional experience building software systems, cloud services, distributed applications, or platform technologies.
  • Proficiency in C#, Java, Python, JavaScript, C++, or similar programming languages.
  • Experience building distributed systems, microservices, APIs, cloud-native services, or large-scale platforms.
  • Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP.Experience with full-stack development, backend engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure services, or data-driven applications.
  • Experience building AI-powered solutions, intelligent automation, LLM-enabled applications, agentic workflows, or leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools.
  • Familiarity with financial systems, revenue platforms, payments, commerce platforms, pricing systems, catalog management, data modeling, or transaction processing systems.
  • Experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, monitoring, telemetry, observability, and DevOps practices.
  • Knowledge of security, privacy, accessibility, reliability, and Responsible AI principles.
  • Analytical, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
  • Exposure to AI/ML/Data sciences or data-driven systems, including working with models, data pipelines, or intelligent features.
  • Experience with frontend frameworks/languages like ReactJS, TypeScript, etc.

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 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 $133,800 - $219,200 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
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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Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 100 datacenters and 1 million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide. With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.

Industry

Computer and computer peripheral equipment and software wholesalers

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Redmond, WA, US

Year founded

1975

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