Overview
Core, we are advancing Foundational Observability, elevating existing standards and introducing innovations that set a new benchmark for reliability and resilience. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and build solutions that deliver step-change improvements in telemetry, detection, and recovery across core infrastructure and foundational services. Your work will enable rapid, localized issue detection and resilient recovery at global scale, ensuring Azure Core meets the highest standards of performance and operational excellence. You will collaborate across Azure and partner teams to integrate with existing systems while introducing modern approaches that maximize impact and efficiency. This role also involves leveraging and contributing to open-source frameworks and communities. You will work in a fast-paced environment, solving complex problems that require creativity and teamwork to deliver meaningful business outcomes. 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
- Design, implement, test, and optimize software features that improve observability for Azure Core services. - Develop scalable, resilient systems for telemetry, detection, and automated recovery across global deployments. - Collaborate with engineering and product teams to integrate observability solutions with existing systems. - Contribute to open-source frameworks and adopt best practices for observability and reliability. - Actively participate in incident response and ensure high availability for critical services. - Continuously improve code quality, maintainability, and operational excellence through refactoring and automation.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to(C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python) - (OR equivalent experience).Hands-on experience with any cloud platform.
- 2+ year(s) experience designing and building distributed systems or cloud-scale services.
- 2+ year(s) of proficiency with observability concepts (telemetry, logging, metrics, detection) and operational excellence. - 1+ year(s) of collaborating across teams and delivering exceptional solutions in a fast-paced environment.
- 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 7+ 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.
- Experience with service reliability engineering and incident management for mission-critical systems.
- Familiarity with open-source frameworks and standards related to observability.
- Demonstrated ability improving system reliability and performance at scale. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work. #azurecorejobs
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
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