Senior Software Engineer Job at Microsoft Corporation (Multiple Locations)

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
United States , Multiple Locations

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

119800.00 - 234700.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

The Azure Core New Tech team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer who is eager to help with the New Technology onboarding process: automating how new hardware is verified, managed, and delivered to Microsoft datacenters for Azure, High-Performance Computing, Office, and Edge Computing products within Microsoft. The team works at the interface of software and hardware. The team creates technology to validate, onboard and manage the hardware throughout its lifespan (from arrival to disposal), track the hardware metadata, and ensure the quality and security of hardware when it reaches Microsoft datacenters. It supports the expansion of all capacity for Microsoft services and is at the leading edge of new hardware platforms coming to the cloud. The team is focused on automating the management and tracking the process of New Technology onboarding to bring new and innovative technologies to market faster.

Job Responsibility:

Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario
Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform
Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI)
Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items
Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides 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 initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate
Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Requirements:

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 OR equivalent experience
1+ year(s) with a comprehensive understanding of computer networking concepts (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Domain Name System (DNS), routing, switching, firewalls)
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.

Nice to have:

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#, Java OR 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#, Java OR equivalent experience
1+ year(s) experience working cross team, collaborating with others, prioritizing tasks, and working independently
1+ year(s) with excellent hands-on design, coding, and problem-solving skills
1+ year(s) knowledge of datacenter infrastructure and server architecture, including hardware components (Central Processing Unit (CPU), memory, storage, network interfaces)
1 + year(s) working with or developing software for distributed systems and scalable cloud environments, and familiarity with network protocols.

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 31, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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