Overview

Microsoft Azure is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate foundational cloud infrastructure and services used by millions of customers worldwide. In this role, you will contribute to Azure’s mission of delivering resilient, scalable, and intelligent cloud systems by owning significant technical areas, collaborating across feature teams, and supporting strong engineering culture and quality.

The position involves working within complex distributed systems and contributing to architectural clarity across interconnected components. You will engage with teams to ensure that systems are reliable, efficient, and aligned with Azure’s long‑term platform goals. The work emphasizes technical depth, thoughtful design, and a commitment to building systems that support customers at global scale.

This role is well suited for individuals who excel in distributed systems, value clear and maintainable architecture, and seek opportunities to strengthen the effectiveness of engineering teams. The environment encourages collaboration, continuous improvement, and a focus on delivering high‑quality cloud infrastructure.

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- Independently create clear and comprehensive test strategies that ensure quality, security, and coverage, using AI tools for test automation.

• Identify dependencies and collaborate across teams to integrate components securely and efficiently while resolving conflicts.

• Lead and own the architecture of complex products or solutions, testing design options, developing specifications, and ensuring performance, scalability, and security compliance.

• Collaborate with partner teams to ensure end-to-end testing, scalability, performance, and escalation readiness before going live.

• Continuously update skills and share knowledge about current technologies, trends, and engineering principles.

• Apply best practices and secure design principles in code development, scaling solutions to meet customer requirements.

• Establish and uphold security best practices, collaborate on security monitoring, threat modeling, and incident response.

• Develop or enhance software tools to improve engineering efficiency and share best practices.

• Drive automation in deployment and production environments aiming for zero-touch deployment.

• Ensure compliance with security, privacy, safety, and accessibility regulations, maintaining visible audit evidence

• Partner with stakeholders to manage project plans, work breakdowns, security planning, capacity...

• Use deployment frameworks to automate deployments, implement safe change management, and monitor dependencies.

• Lead experiments using feature flags and collaborate with internal partners to measure success.

• Maintain and improve live site operations with security best practices, incident response, and observability.

Qualifications Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, 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 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or PythonOR 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 equivalent experience.

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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.