Software Engineering IC4

Identity engineering team builds and manages Microsoft’s online identity providers for all of Microsoft’s online services and platforms like Azure, Office, Xbox, and HoloLens. We boldly pursue big ideas that power transformational advances in online security and user management. Our work spans both the consumer and enterprise space and can be found in internet scale online services, the Windows operating system and most phones and handheld devices.   

Our teams are seeking experienced and passionate software engineers to join us as we create and deliver mission critical services and processes to enable Microsoft’s online presence. You will have the opportunity to design and develop creative, compelling, and cutting-edge systems that support our world-wide operations. You will develop software and services at scale, innovating on the latest technologies as the earliest adopters while mentoring other team members. Also, our culture promotes diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion and is clearly reflected in all of the things we do. Diversity is more than a commitment for us - it is the foundation of what we do.   

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Qualifications: 

Required Qualifications   

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Math, Engineering or related field, or completion of a Code/Developer academy program or related equivalent experience   
• 8+ years of professional software development experience      
• One or more of the high level programming languages: Go/Rust, C/C++, Java/C#, Python   
• One or more of the following skills will be highly regarded:   
• Expertise in design, building and operating large scale distributed systems that can sustain rapid growth     
• Technical leadership, experience in high performing, agile teams     
• Drive changes across multiple teams within the company     
• Great communication skills to collaborate cross-group and work effectively within the team     
• Expertise in any modern continuous delivery/deployment systems     

Preferred Qualifications   

• Familiarity with application (HTTP, HTTPS, gRPC), transport & security (TCP/UDP, QUIC, TLS) protocols   
• Experience with development of resilient software, high-availability services   

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 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.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Responsibilities:  

This is a broad cross-team role with high visibility. You will collaborate closely with multiple teams across Microsoft to deliver key customer solutions and the technology to support them.     

- Lead design and implementation of the future architecture for highly scalable, durable, low latency systems.    

- Build an effective and agile development organization using industry leading best practices.     

- Lead the definition of requirements, KPIs, priorities and planning of engineering deliverables.     

- Proven team building experience as well as mentoring and growing team members.  

Microsoft is committed to supporting an inclusive and diverse environment. Our managers are stewards in this journey. They model, coach, and care every step of the way—taking time to understand each individual’s aspirations, creating space for open dialogue, and supporting employees in increasing their impact and achieving their career goals.