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Madison, WI
Senior Software Engineer jobs in Madison, WI
3 open roles from 2 employers. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
What these openings look like
2 employers are hiring here: Abbott and State of Wisconsin Investment Board. 2 of the 3 publish a pay range, running $78,000 to $156,000 a year. The rest do not say. Every posting is full time. The most recent went up on Sep 15, 2026.
Every listing links to the employer's own application. Nothing is posted here on their behalf, and nothing is reposted from anywhere else.
Open roles
What it pays here
Only some employers publish a range. These are the ones that did, as written in their own postings:
- $78,000–$156,000 a year
What they ask senior software engineer candidates here
Drawn from the 3 open postings on this page. The ones that come up across several employers are near the top.
How do you work within design control processes without letting them slow your team down?
What they are checking: Whether they see design controls as part of good engineering in a regulated diagnostics setting.
Tell me about a key technical decision you made for your team. How did it turn out?
What they are checking: Whether they make sound decisions and own the results, as the posting expects.
Walk me through how you debug a problem that only happens in production.
What they are checking: Whether they debug systematically with logs, data and hypotheses rather than guessing.
How do you write engineering specifications that other developers can build from?
What they are checking: Whether they can design clearly enough that others execute without constant clarification.
A business stakeholder wants a feature that you think adds unnecessary risk. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they communicate trade-offs and find alternatives instead of just saying no.
Tell me about a junior engineer you mentored. What did you change about how you mentor?
What they are checking: Whether they reflect on and improve how they grow others.
How do you make sure an application stays maintainable as it grows?
What they are checking: Whether they think about code quality and testing as the system ages.
What testing strategy would you use for software that supports a cancer diagnostics workflow?
What they are checking: Whether they plan testing proportional to patient and business risk.
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