Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft • Pittsburgh, PA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Build the storage foundation that powers containerized workloads at the edge. On the Azure Container Storage enabled by Azure Arc (ACSA) team, you’ll work on robust, secure storage systems that operate in some of the most demanding customer environments—far from the cloud, close to where data is created. You’ll collaborate with engineers who are deeply invested in systems correctness, performance, and reliability, and you’ll see your work directly enable real‑world customer scenarios running Docker- and Kubernetes-based workloads at the edge.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the ACSA team, you will design, build, test, and support distributed storage capabilities for containerized platforms. You’ll work primarily in Go, with opportunities to contribute to Rust-based components, while partnering closely with experts in storage systems, systems programming, and Kubernetes. This role will allow you to accelerate your technical growth, deepen your understanding of cloud‑to‑edge architectures, gain hands‑on experience integrating open‑source technologies into a commercial product, and build software that operates at the intersection of reliability, security, and scale. This position offers flexible work options, with team members working either in a hybrid model (three days in the office) or fully remote.

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#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• 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 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 equivalent experience.
• 3+ months experience using AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot.
• Engineering experience with Go, Rust, Kubernetes or Docker technologies

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
• Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level