Senior Software Engineer

Are you interested in distributed systems, scalability, and durability? Are you ready to solve the challenges of Cloud-scale Storage? If so, the Azure Storage team is the perfect fit for you. We build Microsoft’s cloud storage solution -- Azure Storage -- a massively scalable, highly distributed, ubiquitously accessible storage system, designed to scale out and serve the entire world.

Azure Storage is growing its development team focused on providing the world's lowest cost cloud-based storage. Azure Archive Storage service provides secure, low-cost, and energy efficient storage capable of preserving Exabytes of data for decades with the right balance between software and hardware interaction. We are looking for software engineers interested in helping us fulfil our vision of providing a storage service capable of satisfying the worlds ever increasing demand for cloud-based storage for many years to come. In this role, you will influence design, write new code, and gain experience building and delivering a cloud service with many new algorithmic and scalability challenges. You will have an opportunity to make high impact contributions as you build a hyperscale storage system used daily by millions around the globe.

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.

• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature
• Supports identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product feature with oversight
• With guidance, learns to create and implement code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable
• Provides estimation on tasks
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) in monitoring system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions for simple problems, and recommends actions to restore system/product/service by following the playbook
• Reviews current developments and proactively seeks new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale

Required 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 equivalent experience

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 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

Preferred Qualifications:

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.