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Senior Software Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Feb 05, 2025 | |
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OverviewAre you passionate about building the world's computer? Are you interested in large scale distributed systems? Join us in building the platform that helps to scale Azure - one of the fastest growing clouds on the planet.Our vision is to build a highly reliable, cloud-based distributed service that integrates the efforts of hundreds of teams to create the platform that helps to scale Azure at all levels: from a single rack in a datacenter to a region with multiple data centers and even to complete clouds.As a Senior Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to serve as a technical lead for a small team of engineers focused on enhancing and developing the foundational layer of Azure infrastructure. This role will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of Azure's architecture at the deepest possible level.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.
ResponsibilitiesCollaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.Actively engages with partners across multiple organizations and geographies. | |