Senior Software Engineer

Azure Edge+Platform [E+P] is responsible for Microsoft’s Operating Systems, IoT and Edge products, Engineering Systems, and Health Platforms that span cloud-to-edge and edge-to-cloud. E+P is the platform team for the company and the foundation upon which virtually every Microsoft product and service, like Azure, Xbox, HoloLens, Visual Studio, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Teams, is built. E+P products and services enable engineers to build out, deploy, manage, monitor, and secure Azure, Windows, and the rest of Microsoft. Additionally, E+P is responsible for several multibillion-dollar businesses of its own including Windows and Azure Monitor. E+P’s mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more, meeting them where they live, work, and make decisions-at the edge.

Engineering Systems [ES] is a team in Azure Edge+Platform that builds and operates the Engineering System for two of the largest businesses at Microsoft: Azure and Windows. We provide our engineers, who work on code ranging from Azure Services to Windows and Linux based products, with tools and services to empower them to deliver world-class quality and secure products, with efficiency and high developer productivity, in a fiscally responsible way. This in turn helps enable Microsoft to deliver more functionality, of higher quality, with better security, and do it faster and more economically.

Do you want to lead the way on building and operating global scale cloud services in a data-driven way? We are at the center of Microsoft Azure, providing a common operational framework for all Microsoft cloud services and tools.

Our company-wide platform comprises of the software inventory system that integrates with and underlies many of Microsoft’s internal engineering tools and processes, and an operational intelligence solution that provides a 360-degree views of the security, privacy, compliance, reliability profiles of each piece of software Microsoft delivers to customers. Our platform and experiences enable Microsoft to deliver secure, reliable, and compliant cloud services to millions of customers around the world.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a bias for action and ability to deal with ambiguity by driving clarity for the team. You will work with a very talented and agile team of software developers that iterates fast and prioritizes delivering business value to customers.

We leverage cutting edge Azure technologies in the services, data, and ML. We embrace inclusivity and diverse ideas – we use empathy, trust, and ownership to drive our team culture and deliver products in a quick and iterative manner.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience in Object-Oriented Programming language such as C# OR C++ OR Java, OR equivalent
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Understanding of efficient data structures, algorithms, asynchronous programming, and high-performance data processing
• Deep problem solving and analytical skills 
• Experience building scalable and highly available cloud services
• Experience building integrated services spanning multiple regions and/or clouds
• Solid CS fundamentals, fluent in multi-threaded, asynchronous programming, architecting at scale
• Excellent technical design and communication skills

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

• Single reqs: Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 14, 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.

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• Develop highly reliable and available cloud services providing web APIs, UX and data that power business critical engineering systems
• Develop metadata driven analytics solutions that help drive business insights and decisions for all software solutions from cloud services to native apps
• Work with software teams across Microsoft to better model and inventory software topologies and relationships
• Leverage data science and LLMs to extract actionable insights and remediations from live and historical data
• Embody our Culture and Values