Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind building the Microsoft cloud. Within CO+I, the Datacenter Planning & eXecution Engineering (DPXE) team is responsible for delivering datacenter capacity for Microsoft’s cloud business. We have a portfolio of complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-million, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects with specific safety, quality, schedule, and cost goals.

The DPX Engineering team is responsible for architecting, designing, and building the next generation of connected systems and tools to help manage and support critical business functions such as Cost, Schedule, Networking, Commissioning, Procurement, Safety, Planning etc. in a real time manner. The team has a charter to deliver against the NorthStar goal of building robust automation for these functions through well engineered systems and at the same time design and build the next gen, ML based, recommendation engine to enable cost and schedule modeling, supply planning, execution planning etc. while integrating with the bigger CO+I ecosystem. Our Systems Engineering team delivers innovative solutions to address the automation needs to scale our delivery capabilities. We are looking for a Software Engineer who is passionate about solving large business problems at scale with technology. You will be responsible for end to end deliverables with a high degree of visibility. CO+I is a young organization within Microsoft, and as such, you will be responsible for envisioning, new features and also lead complex re-engineering efforts. We work at a fast pace, in an Agile environment. You must like to deliver value incrementally in a continuous learning environment. Being a foundational layer of Microsoft means that your individual work will have a broad impact across the entire company.

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 or Masters Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 7+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. 
  
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, testing and debugging skills.
  
• Knowledge and experience in OO design.
  
• Experience across the software development lifecycle to build and ship production grade software or services.
  
• Experience with software development in two of the following areas:  API development (.Net core or equivalent), UI development (React/Angular), System integration. 
  
• Experience in the building cloud services using a platform such as Microsoft Azure. 
  
• Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
  
• Good communication skills to collaborate with global teams.
  

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:

• Knowledge and experience with low code platforms such as Microsoft D365.
• Experience in building AI enabled solutions using services such as Azure Cognitive Services and Azure open AI.
  Ability to incorporate and understand the needs of our diverse customer base, including customers using assistive technology 

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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We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative, high energy individual contributor to deliver automation capabilities for the delivery and operations of large scale data centers. You will:

• Write high quality, maintainable, reusable code following SOLID principles with test automation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and demonstrate features developed in an Agile environment.
• Resolve complex system integration challenges working across team boundaries.
• Share learnings and code assets developed with the CO+I engineering team.
• Leverage subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., program managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.
• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.
• Proactively seek new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.