Microsoft is looking to build and scale the foundational infrastructure that powers its cloud services, requiring software engineers to develop software and tools that support platform capabilities and new product introductions across a massive distributed system.
Requirements
- proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C, Java, Angular, and/or React
- Professional and/or academic experience with cloud services development, distributed systems, and/or computer architecture.
- Professional and/or academic experience with GIT, Visual Studio, and/or Code Agents (including Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, and/or Llama).
- academic backgrounds in computer architecture, operating systems, networking, databases, data structures, and object-oriented programming
- Interest in backend and complex interactions within a massive cloud distributed system.
- Leverages developer tools such as GIT, Visual Studio, and Code Agents (e.g., Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, Llama) for code creation, debugging, and automation in production and deployment workflows.
- Proactively seeks knowledge in cloud services development, distributed systems, and computer architecture, with a strong interest in backend complexity and large-scale cloud infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Develops software and tools that support platform capabilities and new product introductions across a massive distributed system.
- Create extensible and maintainable code for backend services.
- Contribute to testing plans and quality assurance, applying debugging tools, telemetry, and logs to proactively identify and resolve issues.
- Supports feature deployments across cloud infrastructure and new product introductions, considering user impact and adhering to safe deployment practices.
- Applies coding standards and best practices in object-oriented programming, developing maintainable and extensible code with guidance.
- Participates in live service operations and acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) to monitor and restore system functionality within SLA timelines.
- Ensures compliance with security, privacy, safety, and accessibility standards.
Other
- 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.
- collaborating with stakeholders to define user requirements and integrate feedback into future designs.
- collaborating with cross-functional teams to define feature requirements and integrate feedback into design iterations.
- Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.
