Senior Software Engineer

Overview

You know that our customers count on Azure. Do you know which team Azure counts on for its platform stability and availability? Well, look no further than our team.

As platform owners which runs a variety of operating systems and a huge combinatorics of hardware, you are only limited by your imagination when it comes to challenges to solve.

Your role will give an opportunity to onboard cutting-edge hardware and the system software associated with it, into Azure data centres. You will be involved in onboarding, lifecycle management and continuous improvements based on intelligent data gathering and an analytical feedback loop based on that. All the way up to reporting infrastructure to our management and partners.

Responsibilities

As a member of our team your role would be to improve availability of Azure Platform and its services to all our customers, directly contributing to Azure Business Goals.

In this role, you will learn how to deal with large scale data centres, their redundancy and availability, which is the core of the SLA that we promise our customers. Smart data gathering and an analytical pyramid on top of that will be a skillset that will come with the responsibility.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in commercial software development. (Required)
• Breadth and depth technical knowledge in software engineering. (Required)
• Experience in handling large software engineering projects, modularizing them into deliverables for the team, shepherding them to quality delivery, and working closely with engineering partners across the globe. (Required)
• BS in Computer Science or higher, equivalent industry experience (Required)
• Demonstrated problem solving and debugging skills. (Required)
• Experience in building, shipping, and operating reliable system software preferably with experience in large scale high availability distributed systems.
• Ability to write complex system level programming and debugging.
• Proven software experience in building reporting systems and/or SW experience for the Cloud Platform will be a definite plus.
  
  

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.

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