Software Engineer at Microsoft

, , United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

09 Mar, 26

Salary

165200.0

Posted On

09 Dec, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

C, C++, C#, Distributed Systems, Cloud Platforms, Resource Management, Performance Tuning, Cost Optimization, Load Balancing, Virtualization, Control-Plane Innovations, Diagnosability, Reliability, Maintainability, Monitoring, Operations

Industry

Software Development

Description

Overview Imagine shaping the future of cloud storage at a scale few can fathom. Our team is building Microsoft Azure Storage, a globally distributed, massively scalable system designed to store and serve data for the entire world. You’ll be part of a group that powers exabyte-scale storage today and is engineering for zettabyte-scale tomorrow. We thrive on solving deep technical challenges in distributed systems, resource management, and performance optimization, ensuring customers can access their data seamlessly and without limits. As a Software Engineer in the Azure Storage Limitless team, you will design and implement features that manage hundreds of thousands of servers and billions of accounts across geo-regions. You’ll work on distributed load balancing, virtualization, and control-plane innovations that enable hyperscale growth. This opportunity will allow you to: Accelerate your career growth by working on cutting-edge distributed systems at global scale. Develop deep technical expertise in resource management, performance tuning, and cost optimization. Drive innovation in hyperscale infrastructure that impacts millions of customers worldwide. 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 Writes and learns to create code that is extensible and maintainable. Learns about and applies diagnosability, reliability, and maintainability, and understands when the code is ready to be shared and delivered. With guidance from more experienced colleagues, identifies and escalates blockers or unknowns during the development process, and communicates how they will impact timelines. Contributes in partnership with appropriate internal stakeholders (e.g., product manager, privacy/security subject matter expert, technical lead) to understand customer/user requirements for a feature. Supports the identification of dependencies, and their incorporation into the development of design documents for a product feature with oversight. Acts as a designated responsible individual (DRI) in monitoring a system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions for simple problems, and recommends actions to restore system/product/service by following the playbook. 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 and shares knowledge with other engineers. Qualifications Required Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, or C#, 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. Prferred Qualifications Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, OR C#, OR 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. Professional and/or academic experience with distributed systems, cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, GCP, AWS), and distributed cloud storage. Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $84,200 - $165,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $109,000 - $180,400 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay 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 Software Engineer will design and implement features for managing a large-scale distributed system. Responsibilities include writing maintainable code, identifying blockers, and monitoring system performance.