Senior Software Engineer

We are the Azure IoT Gateway team, and we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team! Are you passionate about high performance cloud services?  Do you like learning and working with new technologies in a highly collaborative environment? Azure Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the business landscape and Microsoft has emerged as a leading innovator in this field.  The Azure IoT Hub Gateway team is the main entry point for most functionality exposed by Azure IoT Hub, consequently we are responsible for maintaining the connectivity from devices and solutions to Azure IoT Hub in a way that is secure, reliable, and infinitely scalable.  Our team is at the center of most Azure IoT scenarios, which requires our team to be highly collaborative with partner groups inside and outside of Azure IoT.

Our team is looking for a software engineer with experience building and shipping highly reliable, resilient, scalable, and mature cloud services.  The ideal candidate is a person with an excellent track record of collaboration across teams and disciplines, who can identify and drive engineering improvements as well as delight customers with high-impacting features; somebody who can dive deep into technical challenges while providing clarity to peers and leadership.

Our culture is inclusive, casual, and high energy. Our engineers come from diverse backgrounds; have a sense of ownership and accountability; are passionate about our products; and are grounded in our customers’ success. We value and promote a high trust environment where we work closely and effectively with others. We are looking for an engineer who embraces, models, and values the power of inclusion and uses a ‘people-first’ approach to sustainably build and run 24x7 cloud services.

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. 

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

o OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements: 

• Cloud Background check: 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

• 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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

o OR 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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

o OR equivalent experience.

• Solid coding skills in C or C++ or C#, knowledge of operating systems, storage, networking, distributed systems and/or cloud technologies
• Background and experience in building and designing cloud platform services.
• Experience in Rust programming language.
• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Linux experience, preferably Ubuntu distribution.
• Knowledge of Azure and Azure DevOps.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 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 $145,800 - $238,600 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 4, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

• Design and implement cloud solutions in Rust Programming language that are performant, cost effective, and can scale to hundreds of millions of devices.
• Collaborate across teams and disciplines to deliver high impact customer-facing features.
• Integration, Implementation, and investigation of standardized, industry wide IoT protocols such as MQTT, AMQP, HTTPS and Web Sockets.
• Enable advanced connectivity mechanisms between the IoT Hub and its devices.
• Commitment to the growth of your peer team members by providing mentorship, code reviews, knowledge sharing sessions, and design reviews.
• Work directly with customers in the industry to both diagnose and provide solutions for their technical challenges.
• Embody our Culture and Values