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Azure’s core priority is to be world's most trusted, secure, and global cloud and a great place for people to work. Azure Edge Linux Infrastructure & Virtualization Engineering (LIVE+) organization is building a team to help develop an edge computing platform to automate and manage the customer hybrid cloud platform and workload deployments and the next generation Internet of Things. We innovate quickly, collaborate, learn from experience and data, provide input to improve features, think creatively, laugh and have fun, all while solving challenging customer and partner problems.

As a Senior Software Engineer in our organization, you will play a key lead role in designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality software solutions. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and robust applications, lead and contribute to architectural decisions, leverage AI to solve complex business problems, and mentor other engineers. This position provides an opportunity to impact the organization’s technology direction and help drive innovation as a technical leader.

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.

Responsibilities

+ Deliver maintainable, performant solutions. Write extensible code; optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse to improve performance and ROI; apply coding patterns and metrics to drive stability.

+ Ensure code quality and standards. Review code for diagnosability, reliability, maintainability, and scale; apply and provide feedback; enforce best practices and patterns during reviews.

+ Lead technical projects and mentor others. Drive technical initiatives, guide estimation, and model team culture; share knowledge and foster growth across all levels through active coaching.

+ Collaborate across teams. Communicate with partner teams and leadership to align expectations, manage dependencies, and deliver user experiences that meet evolving needs.

+ Stay current and improve systems. Continuously learn and adopt new trends, tools, and patterns to enhance availability, reliability, efficiency, and observability at scale.

+ Act as a designated responsible individual (DRI) and guide other engineers by developing and following the process/tools, working on-call to monitor a system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions

+ Drive safe implementation and deployment. Maintain and apply implementation frameworks; plan and execute deployments with minimal risk; monitor service health, respond to incidents, and restore functionality as needed.

+ Incorporate feedback. Gather and apply insights from stakeholders and telemetry; ensure feedback loops, evaluations, usage patterns and other actionable metrics inform future designs and solutions.

+ Embody our culture and values.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

+ 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, JavaScript, or Python.

+ OR equivalent experience.

+ Experience with Agile and DevOps processes.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

+ 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

+ OR 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

+ OR equivalent experience.Experience in building, shipping and operating reliable, distributed systems software.

+ Ability to learn and grasps concepts quickly in a fast-paced environment.

+ Remarkable problem-solving skills and outstanding drive for results.

+ Commitment to collaboration and teamwork and ability to deliver via influence.

+ Self-starter, who proactively identifies problems and drives for resolution.

+ Experience with containers and Kubernetes.

+ Experience with Agentic AI and AI frameworks/protocols

+ Solid technical and design skills towards problem solving w.r.to scale and optimization.

+ Analysis and communication experience including customer critical issues and resolution.

+ Programming experience in GoLang/C# Languages with Data Structures and Algorithms.

+ A bias towards action to identify the best approach.

+ Solid communication, verbal and written skills.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 23, 2025.

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) .