Software Engineer II

We are looking to hire a Software Engineer II in the Azure Storage Deployment team. You will work closely with Core Engineering Teams, Program Managers and DevOps Engineers to understand the business requirements and challenges, and to deliver a system that meets the expectations and needs of our first and third-party customers. You will also collaborate with other partners and stakeholders to ensure that the dependencies are identified and built, observability is implemented, and tooling and automation are made available to support operations.

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Responsibilities

• Defines the high-level architecture and technical design of the system in a very dynamic environment.
• Designs the system components, interfaces, protocols, data models, security and scalability aspects of the system, allowing phased upgrade from the existing platform.
• Writes exemplary code in Object-Oriented languages such as C++, C#, Java or Python, working with large scale distributed systems with quality, simplicity, and maintainability as core tenets.
• Provides high quality code reviews for engineers, guiding the team to ensure code meets high standards for maintainability, quality, and correctness.
• Communicates and documents the system architecture and design clearly and effectively to the team and other stakeholders.
• Participates in DevOps to provide operational support and to identify pain points and improvements in tooling and automation.
• Uses AI to analyze, detect and fix quality and velocity improvements in Azure Storage Deployment., 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.

• 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 Python

• OR 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., * 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 Python
• OR 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.

• 2+ year(s) experience working in distributed cloud infrastructure development.
• 2+ years(s) of proficiency in technical design, problem solving and debugging skills.
• 2+ years(s) of demonstrated proficiency in one of the following: Distributed Systems, Control Systems, Algorithms and Data Structures for High Availability Systems Design, and designing systems at scale.
• 2+ year(s) of demonstrated technical, cross-group collaboration and communication skills.

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