Software Engineer

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) team builds and operates Microsoft datacenters, which in turn power Microsoft’s cloud business. We anticipate and provide capacity for continuous scale. The CO+I Engineering team (CO+IE) delivers services, applications, and automation supporting datacenter planning, construction, and operation. We own a large portfolio of services, including workflows that enable predicable, lowest cost datacenter construction, telemetry systems that drive high availability and optimized energy usage, and task and performance management applications that help our operation run as efficiently as possible. CO+I Engineering is a competitive advantage for Microsoft, and an important pillar in its cloud success. We are hiring a Software Engineer I to join our Data Center Resource Management and Optimization (DCRM) team. In this role, you will apply optimization algorithms and systems to support the efficient allocation and management of data center resources including networking, space, and power. You will work closely with operations teams, program managers, and other software engineers to develop backend services and optimization solutions that maximize resource utilization while ensuring Microsoft meets availability and resiliency obligations for our cloud customers. We are looking for a passionate, analytical, high energy individual contributor with strong backend development skills and an interest in algorithmic problem-solving to help build optimization systems that power our global data center infrastructure. 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.