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# Senior Software Engineer - Azure Storage Fundamentals Team

- **Company:** Microsoft
- **Location:** Irving, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $119,800.0 - $234,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Online Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), Cloud Storage, Compilers, Software Design Documents, Visual C++ (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), MSBuild, Windows PowerShell, Software Engineering, Delivery Pipeline, Backend, Information Technology, Build Tools
- **Published:** August 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88013812/1

## 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#, Powershell, 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#, Powershell, 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#, Powershell, or Python
 + OR equivalent experience
 * Experience with understanding of inner development loop, build systems, and compilers, including troubleshooting pipelines and deployments
 * Experience with compilers such as Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC), build engines such as Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild), and DevOps pipelines

#azurecorejobs

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

Azure Storage Fundamentals team is looking for a talented and highly motivated software engineer to design and develop the next generation of our storage backend. We are building Microsoft's cloud storage solution - Microsoft Azure Storage, which is a massively scalable, highly distributed, ubiquitously accessible storage system, designed to scale out and serve the entire world. We continue to have tremendous hockey stick growth; we have many Exabyte data stored and are designing and building systems for Zettabyte scale to support demand growth for the coming years. We are looking for enthusiastic candidates who love to learn, have a passion for writing high quality software and enjoy collaborating with a dynamic team.

As aSenior Software Engineer in the Azure Storage Fundamentals Team, you will help solve reliability and scale requirements of Inner Development Loop as we bring new teams to work together under storage-based designs into the Azure Cloud. You will have the opportunity to make high-impact changes daily as you work and integrate with software that will enable the next generation of hyper-scale storage systems. This position will be involved with installing, maintaining and automating Azure Storage repositories, pipelines, creating and improving test automations, and investigating networking and deployment configuration scenarios.

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

 * Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features
 * Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight
 * Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable
 * Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation
 * Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems
 * Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale


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