Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers Microsoft cloud services through the operation of our unified global datacenters enabling ~30% of Microsoft revenue through Commercial Cloud ($38 billion in FY20 Q1). The Cloud Infrastructure Health team in CO+IE is focused on improving Customer Availability, Data center Safety, Capacity and helping optimize the utilization of Datacenter resources using telemetry and Insights. Our systems analyze petabyte scale telemetry data from Datacenter critical environments and secondary signals in near real time and offline that enable time sensitive insights directly impacting Cloud Operations.

CO+IE is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to work closely with fellow software engineers, product managers, data scientists, and analysts to build software solutions to ingest petabyte scale critical environment telemetry, data products, real time detections using Machine Learning and Heuristics.

Our engineering team is at the forefront of Microsoft’s cloud computing transformation working with state of art distributed systems that deal with near real time detections on petabyte scale telemetry using Machine Learning and traditional software to deliver on Cloud Availability and Safety goals. Come join a team of talented engineers delivering world class software solutions building Petabyte scale Big Data Pipelines to ingest and process Data center Critical Environment Telemetry and draw deep insights designed to improve customer availability of Microsoft Cloud, safety and Infrastructure optimization.

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/ 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
  OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years demonstrated C# coding skills building enterprise grade Internet scale web and backend API services.
• 2+ years demonstrated experience in UI development using React or Angular or ASP.net.
• 2+ years demonstrated experience working on Cloud Services such as Azure, AWS or similar environments.

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/ Additional 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

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.

OR equivalent experience.

• Ability to understand unfamiliar code bases, and debug server-side, multi-threaded, and highly scalable application.
• Experience working with IOT systems.
• Extensive experience working on Azure services (App Services, AKS, Azure Storage, Event Hub, etc.).
• Experience leading/delivering projects that span multiple engineering teams.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Experience with test-driven development.
• Experience building and operating high scale services.

 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. 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.

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