Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

25d

About The Position

Are you interested in advancing cloud technology and contributing to solutions that shape the future of computing? Join our team at Microsoft Azure Core and help build the next generation of cloud infrastructure that enables businesses to scale, collaborate, and succeed globally. Microsoft Azure Core is the foundation of Microsoft’s cloud platform, powering the infrastructure that supports cloud computing at scale. Within Azure Core, the Azure Service Fabric team develops a decentralized runtime and platform that addresses complex distributed systems challenges such as failure detection, leader election, and replicated state machines—critical components for building highly reliable and available systems across Azure services. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Azure Service Fabric team, you will design and deliver cloud-scale distributed systems software that provides fault tolerance, self-management, and scalability on Linux and Windows operating systems. This role offers an opportunity to apply your Linux system programming expertise to enhance Service Fabric capabilities and build robust, scalable solutions. 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.

Requirements

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#, OR Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
3+ years of experience in distributed systems running and working on services at scale.
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.

Nice To Haves

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.
3+ years of experience in systems-level programming with Hands-on experience with low-level primitives for concurrency and performance optimization.
1+ year of Linux Systems programming experience.

Responsibilities

Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.
Acts 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 seeks 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.

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