Senior Software Engineer

Quick Facts

• Senior Software Engineer role focused on Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS)
• Build scalable, resilient, cloud-native infrastructure services

Description

Join the team behind Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) and help design and deliver scalable, resilient, cloud-native infrastructure services. You’ll build and maintain distributed-system features, contribute to new initiatives, and support reliability and operational excellence at hyperscale.

Role Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders to determine user requirements for features
• Identify dependencies and help develop design documents for product features
• Create and implement code for products, services, or features; reuse code and write extensible, maintainable software
• Leverage feedback channels to inform future designs and solution fixes
• Break down work items into tasks and provide estimation
• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for monitoring system/service degradation or downtime for simple problems and recommend actions to restore service using the playbook
• Improve availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance through continuous learning and drive consistency in monitoring and operations at scale

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or related technical field) AND 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, and/or Python
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science (or related technical field) AND 6+ years of engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, and/or Python
• Experience with distributed systems and storage
• Strong problem-solving and coding skills
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree plus additional years of relevant coding experience in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, and/or Python