
Software Engineer
Cambridge, MAJob$85–168K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Software Engineer will build and support client and service components for Intune, Microsoft's enterprise device and app management platform. The role spans highly scaled .NET services and client components across Android, Chrome, Windows, and the web. The engineer will collaborate across disciplines, release software used by millions, and contribute to team-wide engineering quality and culture.
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Overview
Our team builds client and service components within Intune, Microsoft's device and app management platform for enterprises. We work at a pace and scale that you will not find in many other places. We are a highly collaborative team where helping each other succeed is a prized behavior.
Are you looking for a role where you can collaborate with and learn from other amazing engineers? Are you willing to work across a variety of platforms and tech stacks, from highly scaled .NET services to client components on Android, Chrome, Windows, and the web? Are you up for the challenge of building software that millions of people can rely on to get their jobs done?
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
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Leverages modern AI tools to design, implement, and support production software for various tech stacks with appropriate oversight and discipline
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Releases and supports what you build safely to millions of users
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Collaborates with other engineers and disciplines to solve urgent customer problems
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Strengthens team-wide engineering quality, efficiency, and culture beyond individual task ownership
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Learns to become a better software engineer every day
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
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Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
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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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Rust, or Python.
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OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Rust, or Python.
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OR equivalent experience.
Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,400 - $168,100 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 $111,100 - $183,700 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. (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html)
How this job compares
Set against the 34,952 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$85–168K/yr
- Massachusetts median$140–210K/yr875 salary ranges
- US median$140–222K/yr28,140 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $127K, is 27% below the Massachusetts median midpoint ($173K) — in the lowest quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in Massachusetts.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,023 open Software Engineer jobs in Massachusetts and 34,952 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
- Amazon74 open
- Oracle64 open
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- Experience
- Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (28,185 postings).
- Education
- 12,560 of the 34,952 open Software Engineer jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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