Microsoft Teams Core Services team builds and operates foundational backend systems that power global user communication, secure tenant separation, and cloud compliance for over 330 million users. The job is to help build reliable, scalable services that support hyper-growth, specialized cloud environments, and enterprise-grade collaboration scenarios.
Requirements
- Experience with distributed systems and operating backend services in a cloud environment (i.e. Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)).
- coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C-Sharp, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- Familiarity with AI-assisted tools that enhance engineering productivity and service operations.
Responsibilities
- Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews to uphold service quality, performance, and resilience. Apply best practices for debugging, reliability, and observability.
- Collaborate with team members to design scalable backend components and microservices.
- Document design decisions and implement well-tested features aligned with service reliability and performance goals.
- Contribute to initiatives that improve developer workflows and service health through AI-driven diagnostics, automation, and tooling.
- Participate in live site operations through on-call rotations. Monitor system health, troubleshoot incidents, and contribute to root cause analyses and long-term reliability improvements.
- Work closely with engineers, technical program managers (TPMs), and stakeholders across different geographies to align on technical decisions, feature delivery, and integration points.
- Continuously improve your skills through mentorship, self-directed learning, and contributions to team-wide knowledge sharing and process refinement.
Other
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check*
- Ability to work independently on scoped tasks and collaborate effectively with a global, cross-functional team.
- 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.
