ResponsibilitiesWe are looking for engineers who are passionate about building new products while also managing a globally distributed service. An ideal candidate who can produce high quality solutions independently but will contribute to and benefit from a collaborative and diverse team environment both locally and across geo. A candidate who can wear many hats, learn quickly and change direction when needed. A candidate who can use appropriate artificial intelligence (AI) tools and practices across the software development lifecycle in a disciplined manner.
In this role you will help to build and deliver the next set of services, features and developer tools that will define how applications are developed and hosted on Azure. You'll be working on both open source and platform components written in a variety of programming languages.
This is a unique opportunity to work on large scale distributed systems and implement initiatives that are key to Microsoft's cloud strategy.
In CoreAI Cloud Foundation team, you own features from the design phase through implementation to production. As part of this ownership, you are expected to help support your features by actively participating in an on-call rotation (DRI), which includes creating/updating SOPs, Troubleshooting Guides, monitoring systems, mitigating/restoring incidents, and deep-dive analysis of root causes of outages. This position is collaborative - requires working with many partner teams, learning and understanding how to use their technology.
QualificationsRequired/Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
Other Requirements: Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:
- The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
- Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance
Preferred/Additional Qualifications - Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ 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 5+ 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 distributed systems and services in the cloud.
- Proven ability tracking complex technical issues for running online services.
- Experience with .NET based systems is a plus.
- Experience using Linux, Docker, Kubernetes is a plus.
- Experience using public cloud services including Azure, AWS or Google Cloud.
Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 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 $133,800 - $219,200 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.