Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

08 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

08 Jan, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

C, C++, Rust, C#, Distributed Systems, Microservices, Cloud Services, Telemetry, Automation, Problem-Solving, Network Performance, System Design, Architecture, Data Processing, Mentoring, Self-Healing

Industry

Software Development

Description

Overview We are the Azure Software Load Balancer team, a vital part of the Azure Core Networking team, tasked with designing, building, and operating critical network offerings that set us apart from our competitors. We provide the software systems behind our cloud-scale load balancing solutions. At the heart of these services is a robust software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization infrastructure, designed to autonomously manage the network system. We continuously innovate to improve the agility, scalability, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness of our services. We are currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Azure software load balancing team in our mission to create the world's best cloud. The successful candidate will help develop our next-generation load balancer technologies and collaborate with other SDN teams to deliver a seamless, reliable, and high-performance cloud infrastructure. This is an opportunity to be part of an exciting set of challenges and solutions in an ever-evolving landscape. 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. Responsibilities Build next generation offerings in Load Balancer technologies and work in tandem with other SDN teams to deliver seamless, reliable and performant cloud infrastructure. Design, develop and deploy large scale distributed system with incredible scale and performance with massive amount of data processing. Identify opportunities and drive the design and implementation of end-to-end telemetry, alerting, self-healing, and automation capabilities to improve service health, manageability, and reliability. Ability to identify root causes of network and system performance bottlenecks and propose simple and implementable technical solution. Understand customer needs and translate them into product features and improvements. Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and initiate actions to restore system. Mentor other engineers on the team on coding and design best practices. Qualifications 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++, Rust, C# OR equivalent experience. 1+ years of experience building highly scalable distributed systems utilizing micro-services Other Requirements: 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++, Rust, C#, 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++, Rust, C# OR equivalent experience. 3+ years experience with distributed systems or microservice architecture. 2+ years experience of building and shipping large scale cloud services. Solid design, architecture and development skills. Demonstrated problem-solving skills to complex problems and proposing innovative solutions. Experience with large scale and distributed system automation/execution frameworks. 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.

Responsibilities

The Senior Software Engineer will build next-generation load balancer technologies and collaborate with other SDN teams to ensure a reliable cloud infrastructure. Responsibilities include designing and deploying large-scale distributed systems and implementing automation capabilities to enhance service health and reliability.