Senior Software Engineer

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The Azure Compute Organization is responsible for creating the foundation of Microsoft’s Cloud Platform responsible for providing hardware management, virtualized computational substrate, and fully automated service management.

As features of Azure keep growing, the scale and complexity of cloud also crosses new boundaries, there is opportunity to re-think how we can identify the root cause of any Azure platform issues in a smart and efficient way. Our team is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help build a system that autonomously learns the entire Azure platform by enabling standardized information exchange between interconnected components. This role involves leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as deep learning, anomaly detection, and auto-learning to create a faster, more efficient, and robust self-recovering platform.

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 Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field 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
• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience designing, building, and running cloud services at large scale in C#, C++, or Java
• 3+ years of experience with SQL databases or other relational database systems, including data modeling

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 specilized 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.

Additional or Preferred 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.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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 July 16, 2025.

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.

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• Look at the end-to-end architecture and drive big innovations to help improve the experience for our customers working closely with other team members and multiple organizations in Azure
• Design and implement microservices to enable real time, highly scalable, performant, and sustainable solutions
• Deliver well-tested features across many different services and platforms
• Use engineering best practices throughout the software development lifecycle to establish maintainable, reliable, and secure systems
• Manipulate, collate, and analyze complex, high dimensional data from varying sources to solve difficult problems
• Collaborate with teammates in various roles to plan and execute on key deliverables
• Work in a culture of continuous improvement, adaptation, reflection, and growth
• Learn quickly from your peers, projects, and interactions with customers