Senior Software Engineer

Overview Do you want to contribute to Microsoft's vision of empowering every person and organization to achieve more, with the power of cloud computing? Are you eager to work at the forefront of Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and the broad spectrum of advanced technologies that drive modern cloud infrastructure and services? Join the Azure Specialized team in India, where you can make a real difference by designing, delivering, and operating cloud-scale systems. We are responsible for building and offering specialized workloads, bare-metal and software capabilities on Azure, involving large-scale specialized solutions like VMWare, SAP, Oracle, Epic Healthcare systems, AI Infrastructure, and more. We are looking for customer-focused and passionate engineers from diverse computer science fields, like hardware, operating systems, networking, security, distributed design, and enterprise solutions, with focus on quality and sustainability. Your ability to be the customer advocate, focus on service first, and part of a team that tears down silos to deliver the best customer experience will be critical for team’s and your success. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver software services that scale, secure, monitor and auto-manage specialized workloads on Azure.
• You will set an example for the team by producing high quality, extensible and maintainable code while considering efficiency, and return on investment (ROI).
• You will tackle hard distributed system problems while making changes to fundamental Azure control and data plane components, networking, and operating systems.
• Build seamless integration for specialized workloads in Azure. This would involve contributions and usage of OSS systems, writing cross-platform services that run efficiently on Windows and Linux.
• You will have to support operations of live service as issues arise on a rotational, on-call basis. Implement solutions and mitigations to more complex issues affecting performance or functionality of Live Site service and escalate as necessary.
• You will own one or more scenario that would require you to work closely across organizations and teams, to collaborate across geographies, and to lead, mentor and guide engineers in the team.
• You will get to deliver mission critical workloads. It is a fast-paced environment. Our emphasis is on value to customers and live site excellence

Qualifications Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, OR Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements

• 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 Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science + OR related technical field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, OR Python + OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR equivalent experience. This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about

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