Senior Software Engineer

The Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for passionate,  engineers to help achieve that mission.

Our SCHIE’s Firmware Center of Excellence (FW COE), create the foundational firmware that powers the Microsoft Cloud. Our firmware lights up millions of servers and racks across the globe, enabling users to do everything from running blogs to crunching through powerful AI algorithms. Our SCHIE FWCOE team supports this goal by embracing the Continuous Development/Continuous Deployment mindset to define, implement and scale a centralized build/test infrastructure with the end goal to ensure that release code is the highest quality possible.  By doing this correctly we increase component quality, decrease firmware/software component validation/release times, decrease overall engineering/development/hardware costs, and increase deployed system uptimes which all lead to an increase in overall satisfaction for our Azure customers.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. We’re a growing team of diverse, talented & passionate engineers inventing and delivering technology to light up the “world’s computer”!  If you enjoy building centralized infrastructure, supporting customers, influencing people, driving quality, and seeing how your contributions impact overall business metrics, then this might be the opportunity for you. 

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Required 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#, Python, or C
  •  OR equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience in Test Development including concept, design, implementation, and maintenance
• 4 + years of experience in Service, Software/Hardware Driver, or Firmware development

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

• Azure Dev Ops automated pipeline creation and support
• Automation Frameworks: Robot and Rust
• Azure Subscription configuration, maintenance, and support
• Live site service development, support, and reporting
• OS Debugging: Utilities/tools/tests
• Owning or driving development projects across multiple teams
• Windows and Linux development

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 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   

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 22, 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.

• Be involved with all phases of software development, from software design, architecture, and development.
• Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders like Hardware Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Firmware Engineering, System Architects, Program Management, etc. to create delightful and robust software solutions.
• Write software that scales well and interfaces with the Operating Systems and Firmware as a part of an end-to-end solution.
• Ability to solve problems relating to mission-critical services and build automation to prevent problem recurrence.

Other

Embody our culture and values