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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** Microsoft
- **Location:** UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £51,828.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Online Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Apache Lucene, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Elasticsearch, Object-Oriented Software Development, Windows PowerShell, Cloud Services, SQL Databases, Load Balancing, Caching, Stack Overflow, Information Technology, Elk Stack
- **Published:** October 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5210483263

## About the Role

You can read more about our culture in this news article: https://aka.ms/azure-search-startup . You can also check out our product page https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/search and stack overflow forum https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/azure-cognitive-search to see how developers use search. Our team consists of people from a wide variety of backgrounds, different professional and life experiences. We maintain and grow that diversity, which makes us better at building the best solutions for our customers while having a blast doing it! Core to our team culture is the belief that you must have a 'people-first' approach to sustainably building and running 24x7 cloud services. This means we support each other to build things the right way, only work sane hours, enjoy our vacation time and take advantage of our paid parental leave., * Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting and communication skills

 * Good understanding of systems fundamentals in either OS, cloud platforms or distributed systems
 * Openness to feedback and effectiveness at collaborating with diverse groups of people
 * Demonstrated independence, bias for action, and tolerance for ambiguity
 * 8+ Years of engineering experience
 * C#, C++, Java, or other object-oriented programming languages; SQL dialects, PowerShell OR automation experience are an advantage
 * Building and shipping production grade cloud services, including designing and implementing solutions for telemetry and monitoring
 * Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering (or equivalent experience)

Preferred Qualifications

 * Experience with Lucene, Elasticsearch and the full ELK stack is a plus
 * Experience building systems on top of with one of the large cloud platforms is a plus
 * Experience coordinating resources across diverse teams to restore service and maintain SLA's
 * Ability to conceptualize a distributed service, it's dependencies and the transactional flow when troubleshooting across network, application, caching, queuing, load-balancing, storage and distributed services layers.
 * High enthusiasm, integrity, ingenuity, results-orientation, self-motivation, and resourcefulness in a fast-paced environment
 * Deep desire to work collaboratively, find win/win solutions and celebrate successes
 * Always leading with deep passion and empathy for customers and co-workers

#ENGGJOBS

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.

## Description

* Design and deliver new product capabilities to enable new Search workloads in Azure
 * Ensure product and service quality through hands on devOps engagement and building livesite tooling
 * Engage with customers to better understand scenarios and resolve issues
 * Develop expertise in Azure provisioning and service management