Software Engineer

Microsoft is reimagining the way Sovereign Clouds are engineered, maintained, and operated. This environment is fast paced where innovation, collaboration, and engineering excellence are core to our culture. We are looking for candidate with solid engineering background, ownership mentalities, and coming from different industries. Your diverse perspectives with a passion to raise the bar will set you up for success. Our culture has made our team a family where we work full stack to solve complex and ambiguous problems continually learning from each other.  We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team.

Our team’s mission is to grow the business by building software that keeps our enterprise promises of high availability, resiliency, data management, security, and compliance across the entire suite of Azure services, with a special focus on government clouds. We leverage data to derive insights and drive new market opportunities for broader Azure global expansion across new geographies & regions and industries in public & private sectors.  

We are looking for talented and motivated software engineering leaders that are interested in making their mark in Azure and join a team with immense growth opportunities! 

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • o OR equivalent experience.
•  Software engineering experience building and releasing web services 

Other requirements 

This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under U.S. export control regulations, potentially under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations.  As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide proof of citizenship, for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information.  To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport. 

This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 1+ year(s) 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 with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

o OR equivalent experience.

• Industry experience with C#, .Net Core, Java, TypeScript/JavaScript or similar  
• Industry experience with cloud technologies (Azure, AWS, Google)  
• Show experience in working complex or ambiguous projects. 
• Strong design, implementation and testing skills 
• Demonstrated ability to write reliable, low defect, unit tested code 
• Ability to work and communicate effectively across disciplines and teams 
• Ability to collaborate with other developers and take ownership. 
• Passion for delivering customer impact and value 
• BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering and/or equivalent industry experience 
• Industry experience troubleshooting, investigating, and fixing production issues in large scale cloud and/or hosted environments 
• Experience with building infrastructure using Microsoft Azure technology 
• Experience with Angular, Node.js and/or similar frontend development languages and tool 
• Have immense intellectual curiosity, and a high threshold to work within highly complex and ambiguous situations 

Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $81,900 - $160,200 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 $105,600 - $174,600 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 October 2, 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.

• Build deep domain expertise on global infrastructure deployment technology and processes 
• Architect, design, and implement V1 cloud services in collaboration with teammates. 

• Design services with a strong focus on high availability and scalability, robustness, and observability. 

• Grow and mentor other developers. 

• Build software prototypes and conduct experiments to evaluate alternative architectures. 

Embody our Culture and Values