Microsoft Azure Storage is building a massively scalable, highly distributed, ubiquitously accessible storage system designed to scale out and serve the entire world, with the goal of providing infinite storage accessible to everyone.
Requirements
- proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C-Sharp, Java
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C-Sharp, Java
- 1+ year(s) experience or subject matter expertise in areas such as multi-threaded or parallel programming, storage or file systems, and distributed systems.
- 1+ years(s) of demonstrated proficiency in software architecture, engineering and coding practices, data structures and algorithms, as well as testing, debugging, and analytical skills.
Responsibilities
- Optimizes cost of goods sold (COGS) for Azure Storage, while enabling customers to scale out without limits on ingress, egress, input/output operations per second (IOPS), or capacity.
- Designs, implements, tests, and rolls out features that require you to think at zettabyte scale across tens of thousands of clusters worldwide -- these include distributed load balancing, performance tuning, and massively parallel control plane features to manage the exponentially growing storage fleet.
- Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature.
- Supports identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product feature with oversight.
- Learns to create and implement code for a product, service, or feature reusing code as applicable, with guidance.
- Assists and learns about breaking down work items into tasks and provides estimation.
- Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) in monitoring system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions for simple problems, and recommends actions to restore system/product/service by following the playbook.
Other
- Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 9, 2025.
- Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
