Software Engineer II

It is a mobilefirst, cloudfirst world, and Microsoft Azure is at the heart of the Microsoft Cloud - powering hyperscale, distributed, and highly dynamic computing. Azure provides the backend infrastructure for Microsoft's largest internal services as well as thousands of external customers running missioncritical cloud applications.

Our team within Azure builds the core software platform and infrastructure that enables these services to operate at massive scale with high reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.

We are looking for a Software Engineer II to help us continue to evolve, expand, and define our software platform and infrastructure. Some of the many areas we are tackling include ring zero and negative one core infrastructure services, five nines (99.999%) reliability, fault tolerance, distributed service monitoring, operational efficiency within the datacenter hardware lifecycle, performance metrics collection and analysis, alerting, visualization, device operations, and coordination of node diagnostics and repairs.

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.

• Design and develop solutions that builds and improve cloud services running over distributed system.
• Provide new features for Microsoft Cloud internal infrastructure software.
• Keep infrastructure services running and deliver code updates on a regular cadence to improve performance and reliability.
• Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
• 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.

Required Qualifications

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 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.