Overview

Office 365 is at the center of Microsoft’s cloud first, devices first strategy as it brings together cloud versions of our most trusted communications and collaboration products such as Exchange, Share Point, Yammer, and Lync with the latest version of our desktop suite and mobile apps. Our customers depend on our services to run their organizations, whether that is a Fortune 500 company, a small business, a non-profit, or an educational institution.

Are you passionate about connectivity, and building leading software and services? Office 365 is the locomotive that is driving the growing Microsoft valuation, and critical to the future of the company. Substrate is the set of intelligent, high value services and compliant environment that is enabling the next generation of transformative end-user experiences for Office and the entire company. The Office 365 Connectivity team has an opportunity for you get in on designing and building a core part of the stack.

Design and build “Mega Scale” internet services in Office 365 group for consumers and businesses across the globe. Help end-users find the best connectivity and routing path to Office 365 service.

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- Build distributed, highly available and resilient systems.
• Work with services spanning thousands of servers, doing tens of billions of transactions and serving hundreds of millions of users
• Drive technical excellence through code reviews, architecture design, and mentoring of junior engineers.

Qualifications:

Required 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 PythonOR 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:- 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 PythonOR 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.
• 3+ years of industry experience in service development, successfully shipping services through multiple releases.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, and AI/ML-driven decision systems.
• Passion for quality and proven record of delivering excellent results under challenging schedule to work on one of the largest distributed systems in the world.
• Proficiency in Rust is a plus.
• Real-world experience developing large scale online services with robust performance, resiliency, telemetry, and security.
• Solid collaboration skills with the ability to work in a dynamic/agile environment.
• A passion for improving engineering practices and producing high quality software.
• Self-motivated and customer focused.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of working across organizational boundaries.

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.