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We are the Sky team. Our mission is to "Empower Microsoft Cloud teams and their customers to easily deliver high-quality services using standard cloud architecture and infrastructure.”

If you're a skilled Software Engineer who is passionate about building cloud services, curious about learning new technologies and with a determination to solve complex problems, then this role will certainly offer you a fantastic career challenge.

We look for people who want to make an impact. Through your individual contributions, your contributions to the success of others and through the impact that you make from building upon the work efforts of others.

Join our diverse and welcoming team that is dedicated to building privacy, security, and compliant engineering solutions for the Azure cloud. We use an extensive mix of technology to ensure the best possible experiences that we can for our customers.

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.

Microsoft Azure Edge + Platform (E+P) is a globally distributed team of engineers, architects, program managers, product managers, business program managers, business administrators, user experience researchers and designers who are responsible for the platform for Microsoft and for delivering Microsoft’s edge vision. We create the most reliable and trustworthy OS and platform services to empower Microsoft and our customers to achieve more. We unlock the next wave of opportunity at the edge through an at-scale ecosystem driving widespread adoption of our Microsoft cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud-based engineering systems and platforms.

• Identify dependencies and generate design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.

• Create, implement, optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to establish and improve performance and maintainability.

• Collaborate with developers, program managers, product managers throughout the development lifecycle (sprint planning, scrums, code reviews and live site management, etc).

• Participate in code reviews to ensure coding standards are followed. Consider extensibility, diagnosability, reliability, and maintainability when reviewing code, and understand when code is ready to be shared or delivered.

• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on call, as part of a 24x7 support rotation, to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiate actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of software engineering experience in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Go, or Rust.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with .NET is highly desirable but not required.

• Knowledge of highly reliable distributed systems, microservices, Service Fabric, and Azure DevOps.

• Technical acumen with a passion for problem-solving that drives results and impact.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across several globally distributed teams.

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.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .