Software Engineer II

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

The Microsoft Azure Storage team is building Microsoft’s cloud storage solution, Microsoft Azure Storage, which is a massively scalable, highly distributed, ubiquitously accessible storage system designed to scale out and serve the entire world. The team is experiencing tremendous growth and is designing and building systems for Zettabyte scale. They are seeking a Software Engineer II for Azure Storage who is passionate about distributed storage, specifically building the Platform that will power all of Azure Storage and for distributed systems. The ideal candidate is a talented engineer comfortable working on a fast-paced team and thriving in a startup-like environment. The Azure Storage Armada Platform team is developing a platform to power Azure Storage services, providing elasticity and scalability to support exponential growth in the coming years, which presents many interesting technical problems. The team's mantra is to innovate, grow, and learn, requiring a growth mindset and curiosity. The role involves solving challenges related to scale and reliability for a distributed system and offers the opportunity to make high-impact changes daily on a hyperscale storage system.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, or C# OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience with distributed systems.
• 2+ years of on-call experience.
• 2+ years of experience with technical problem solving and debugging skills.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
• Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.
• Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
• Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.
• Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Benefits

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
• Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees