Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft

Job Purpose  

• We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineering individual contributor who is passionate about building modern engineer systems and processes that drives engineering productivity and velocity in digital enterprise. As a Software Engineering in the Cloud Governance team, you will have the opportunity to be at the center of key disruptive transformations and influence our industry’s Digital Transformation. We are focused on solving industry’s most interesting challenges in developing software at scale without sacrificing quality.
• 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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
• 6+ years hands-on experience in any object-oriented programming languages such as C/C++. C#, Java or Python
• Strong communication and interpersonal communication/collaboration skills
• 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:

• 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.
• 6+ years technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals with expertise in architecting systems at scale.
• Strong emphasis on performance optimization, debugging, and troubleshooting in complex production environments.
• Passion for learning and ramping up to new technologies and code bases

Responsibilities

• Envision and execute end-to-end solutions and used data to drive impact across a geographically dispersed team in inclusive global organization.
• Lead development efforts in a team of software engineers responsible for all stages of the development cycle including early ideation, design, implementation, scaling solutions that are stable and healthy in our production environment.
• Responsible for the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of supported infrastructure and services. Partner closely with customers and engineering teams to conduct root cause analyses, share end-to-end expertise in services, to mitigate and resolve issues.
• Partner and share technical expertise with interdisciplinary teams, demonstrating a deep understanding of services and the ability to clearly articulate the specific technologies of a service to enable development and ongoing maintenance.
• Adhere to security and compliance standards and work with security and compliance teams to identify and address relevant issues.