Senior Software Engineer

at  Microsoft

Azure Edge+Platform [E+P] is responsible for Microsoft’s Operating Systems, IoT and Edge products, Engineering Systems, and Health Platforms that span cloud-to-edge and edge-to-cloud. E+P is the platform team for the company and the foundation upon which virtually every Microsoft product and service, like Azure, Xbox, HoloLens, Visual Studio, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Teams, is built. E+P products and services enable engineers to build out, deploy, manage, monitor, and secure Azure, Windows, and the rest of Microsoft. Additionally, E+P is responsible for several multibillion-dollar businesses of its own including Windows and Azure Monitor. E+P’s mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more, meeting them where they live, work, and make decisions – at the edge.
Engineering Systems [ES] is a team in Azure Edge+Platform that builds and operates the Engineering System for two of the largest businesses at Microsoft: Azure and Windows. We provide our engineers, who work on code ranging from Azure Services to Windows and Linux based products, with tools and services to empower them to deliver world-class quality and secure products, with efficiency and high developer productivity, in a fiscally responsible way. This in turn helps enable Microsoft to deliver more functionality, of higher quality, with better security, and do it faster and more economically.
The Dependency Management and Secure Solutions team is responsible for iterative security improvements in our engineering systems and integrating packaging solutions in large scale, highly reliable services. We also work to ensure open source is leveraged responsibly throughout these systems.

We are a diverse, agile team focused on delivering quality cloud based, scalable solutions in a thoughtful and flexible way. As part of this team, you’ll work on the largest scale engineering systems in Microsoft, learn in a fast paced, live-site focused environment, and deliver customer value with everything we do. The job provides an opportunity to:

• Impact one of the most widely used operating systems in the world that is critical to the foundation of Azure as well as millions of people worldwide
• Work in a world class engineering team of engineers, architects, and leadership that will help you grow your career
• Be part of a dynamic community that will enable you to learn, collaborate, and contribute with the top minds in the industry

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.

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 sceenings:

• 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

• 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.
• Hands on experience with NuGet, VCPkg, and npm package managers.
• 6+ years of hands-on experience shipping products across multiple product cycles
• Dedicated to diversity and inclusion initiatives
• Ability to both lead and collaborate within and across teams effectively
• Experience creating, developing, delivering, deploying, and maintaining services, especially architectures at scale
  Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $108,100 - CAD $199,700 per year.
  Find additional pay information here:
  https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html
  Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 5, 2024.
  Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, implement, and validate solutions and services to continue to secure our products, ensuring high quality and compliance standards
• Create and manage different features of services responsible for critical development and release scenarios
• Collaborate effectively in a team atmosphere
• Participate in complete software development lifecycle, providing and receiving constructive feedback to improve overall quality
• Conduct periodic on-call duties and live site support
• Use data to develop insights and guide business decisions

We are a diverse, agile team focused on delivering quality cloud based, scalable solutions in a thoughtful and flexible way. As part of this team, you’ll work on the largest scale engineering systems in Microsoft, learn in a fast paced, live-site focused environment, and deliver customer value with everything we do. The job provides an opportunity to:

• Impact one of the most widely used operating systems in the world that is critical to the foundation of Azure as well as millions of people worldwide
• Work in a world class engineering team of engineers, architects, and leadership that will help you grow your career
• Be part of a dynamic community that will enable you to learn, collaborate, and contribute with the top minds in the industr

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 sceenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check:This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter