Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Azure is a global cloud platform that empowers every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. In addition to the public cloud offerings, the Azure platform also hosts global-scale Microsoft-internal services such as Microsoft Copilot, Teams, Bing, SharePoint, and SQL Azure. Customers use the power of Azure to host millions of multiplayer gaming sessions, solve large computational problems, and train the latest AI models. Workloads range from "born-in-the-cloud" services to enterprise applications migrated from customer datacenters.

The One Fleet Control Plane forms the kernel and core of the Azure cloud. Its fault-tolerant distributed systems built on commodity datacenter hardware enable all workloads and customer services to run reliably, efficiently, with global-scale scalability and high availability. Within the One Fleet Control Plane, the allocator is responsible for assigning all Azure workloads to underlying physical compute servers. Allocation services must maintain a high throughput of workload assignments to meet customer elasticity requirements but also pack workloads as efficiently as possible. Most importantly, allocation decisions must be correct, respecting placement constraints to meet customer performance and availability requirements.

In this role, you will contribute to the design, implementation, and operation of the Allocator services in the Azure One Fleet Control Plane. You will learn best practices for design, implementation, and testing of large-scale distributed systems. You will work across teams, developing contracts and protocols to integrate customer features and platform improvements into a complex system. You will share your expertise with new team members through coaching and mentoring, promoting an inclusive team culture.

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.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Go, Rust, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.  
• 2+ years of experience in building infrastructure in cloud platforms or distributed systems.
• 2+ years of experience leading projects with multiple collaborators from beginning to end.

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, Go, Rust, 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, Go, Rust, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience. 
    
• 4+ years of experience in building infrastructure in cloud platforms or distributed systems preferred.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 31, 2025.

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