Overview

Azure Core is responsible for building and operating the foundational infrastructure that powers Microsoft Azure. This includes the platform services that enable compute, networking, storage, and distributed systems to operate reliably and at scale across Microsoft’s global cloud footprint. These services are central to Azure’s control plane and are critical to ensuring platform availability, performance, and customer trust.

As a Senior Software Engineer within this organization, you will work on developing and operating highly reliable, low-latency platform services that manage persistent, distributed system state. These services are deeply integrated into Azure’s infrastructure and serve as essential components for internal and external workloads that demand strict service letter agreements (SLAs) for durability, availability, and scalability.

This is a high-impact role focused on building foundational platform services for the Azure cloud. You’ll be part of a team that values deep technical expertise, strong execution, and a commitment to delivering secure, scalable, and maintainable systems at global scale.

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- Provide technical leadership to define testing scope, create quality plans, and align on test requirements across products.
• Lead cross-team coordination to build and manage test plans, including collaboration with vendors and alignment with industry best practices.
• Use data to build impactful visualizations that identify gaps and guide testing strategy for complex products.
• Partner with teams to implement automated testing and define manual test plans; lead issue resolution and mitigation efforts.
• Drive stakeholder communication, vendor coordination, and influence product decisions through quality-focused best practices.
• Design and build cloud-native services with a strong emphasis on resilience, fault tolerance, and observability.
• Drive service reliability through operational ownership, including production support and incident response.
• Contribute to architectural design, performance optimization, and long-term service evolution.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence across the team.
• Oversee the deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of services in production environments. Ensure high availability and performance of all systems.
• Analyze system performance and implement improvements to enhance scalability and reliability.
• Respond to and resolve production incidents, ensuring minimal downtime and impact on users.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience working with distributed systems.
• 3+ years of experience managing lifecycle of services from development to production.
• 2+ years of experience working with Azure Cosmos DB.

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 8+ 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.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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.

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 requesting accommodations.