Software Engineer
Date Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Job Number: 1694048
Work Site: Up to 100% Work From Home
Travel: 0-25%
Role Type: Individual Contributor
Profession: Software Engineering
Discipline: Software Engineering
Employment Type: Full-Time
Overview
Have you ever imagined a world with an infinite amount of storage available and accessible to everyone? A place where everyone can easily access their data from anywhere at any time via any means (e.g., mobile phones, tablets, PCs, smart devices, etc.)? Did you ever desire a universally accessible storage system to record all the knowledge known to mankind or to store all the data collected from all the scientists in the world for them to collaborate upon? Do you want to be part of a team that strives to bring these to reality?
If so, the Microsoft Azure Storage team is what you are looking for. 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 experience tremendous growth, with many Exabytes of data stored, and we are designing and building systems for Zettabyte scale to support demand growth for the coming years.
We are looking for engineers who are self-starters with a passion for learning and bringing fresh ideas to build high-quality products. You will have opportunities to work on fast-paced teams and make high-impact changes daily as you build world-class services.
As a Software Engineer in the Azure Storage team, you will build, improve, and support highly scalable, performant services that deliver highly reliable, secure, and available access to storage for our customers. You will face challenges of monitoring, analyzing, and designing for the ever-growing data needs of our customers and for ensuring data privacy, protection, and compliance. This opportunity will allow you to develop your technical skills in cloud services and storage, accelerate career growth, and work in a highly dynamic, flexible, and globally distributed team.
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.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree: In Computer Science or a related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR equivalent experience. - Excellence: In software engineering practices.
- Knowledge: Of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
Other Qualifications:
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree: In Computer Science or related technical field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, OR Python
OR Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR equivalent experience. - Develop or Specify Standards: Methods, or procedures to determine product quality or release readiness.
- Experience: In building quality products and services, preferably in distributed systems.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Stakeholders: Determine user requirements for a scenario.
- Create and Implement Code: For a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
- Identify Dependencies: And develop design documents for end-to-end scenario testing and test infrastructure with little oversight.
- Design and Develop Test Automation Tools: And execute automation scripts.
- Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI): Guide 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 initiating actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.
- Seek New Knowledge: Adapt to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
Join us at Microsoft and be part of a team that strives to make a significant impact on the world. Apply now and embark on a career path filled with opportunities for learning, growth, and innovation.