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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer - Metrics Infrastructure - **Company:** Microsoft - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $119,800.0 - $234,700.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Microsoft Online Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Software Quality, Code Review, Databases, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Office, Software Engineering, Xbox Linux, Data Ingestion, Microsoft Fabric, Information Technology, Low Latency, Data Pipelines, Microservices - **Published:** August 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/90ec76f6-5322-49b6-87ba-285f00306f49 ## About the Role * 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, 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 6+ 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 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR equivalent experience. * Experience with large scale distributed systems #azdat #azuredata #hyperscale 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 $160,200 - $261,000 per year. ## Description Within Microsoft Fabric, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us build the foundational layer of the Time Series Database for Azure Monitor. On this team, you'll work on how trillions of signals from Microsoft's intelligent cloud are ingested, processed, and turned into reliable, real time insights. We own the core telemetry ingestion pipelines that handle more than 100 petabytes of data every day and underpin observability across Azure, Office, Windows, Xbox, and a broad ecosystem of customer applications. This role is involved in solving the hard problems of scale, with strict requirements on throughput, reliability, correctness, and operability, and offers meaningful ownership over systems that run continuously at global scale. Beyond individual contributions, you'll collaborate across teams, mentor engineers, and help establish technical direction and engineering standards as the platform evolves. We embrace a fast-paced, startup-like culture focused on shipping early and often, with an emphasis on attention to detail, introspection, and accountability. Collaboration is at the heart of our team. We build on each other's ideas and empower engineers to innovate from the ground up, delivering world-class value at speed. What we build: * Low-latency data ingestion and processing pipelines. * Highly scalable, resilient microservices hosted in the cloud. * Availability indicators, monitoring, and auto-mitigation software. * Deployment and operational tooling. If you're passionate about building systems that power Azure's observability and health at hyperscale, and thrive in an environment that values creativity, collaboration, and technical excellence, we'd love to hear from you. At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. We foster a culture of inclusion, growth, and innovation, built on values of respect, integrity, and accountability. If you're passionate about driving meaningful impact, solving complex problems, and contributing to a growing organization, we would love to hear from you. Responsibilities * As a senior member of our team, you will lead design and code reviews across feature areas and participate in all stages of our engineering lifecycle (initial research and discovery, quick iteration on promising concepts, solution prototyping and development, deployment and live site support). Developers in the team are expected to wear multiple hats and demonstrate breadth, depth, and leadership. You will work with multiple partner teams and deploy across all Azure regions. * This position is for someone who is: * Passionate about distributed systems and planetary scale services. * Enjoys the challenge of pushing big data on near real-time latencies. * Looks to drive innovation within a product and become an industry leader. * Loves new technological challenges and excels at solving them. * Excels at identifying bottlenecks and engineering solutions for performance sensitive data pipelines. * Writes well-crafted, well-tested, readable and maintainable code. * Participates in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge. * Shares knowledge by giving tech talks, and evangelizing appropriate tech and engineering best practices. * Embody our culture and values ## Related Videos - [Your next 10x engineer isn't in your city. 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