ResponsibilitiesDefine and drive the technical strategy for Azure observability and reliability platforms, influencing architecture, engineering practices, and long-term investments across multiple teams and services.
Lead the design of highly scalable distributed systems that process and analyze telemetry at hyperscale, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
Partner with engineering, product, and platform leaders across Azure to align priorities, navigate ambiguity, and deliver solutions that create broad customer and business impact.
Identify and address systemic challenges across architecture, operations, and engineering processes, improving the effectiveness and sustainability of critical platform capabilities.
Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, design guidance, and mentoring, helping develop senior engineers and strengthen engineering excellence across the organization.
Drive innovation in observability, automation, and intelligent operations, shaping capabilities that improve service health, incident response, and engineering productivity at cloud scale.
Embody our culture and values
QualificationsRequired/Minimum 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, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
Job Requirements: Other & Additional 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/Additional Qualifications - Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated leadership in building and operating large-scale systems, influencing architecture across organizations, and solving complex reliability and scalability challenges.
- Experience with large scale distributed systems.
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Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $165,600 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.