Software Engineer

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential - and excitement for the journey ahead.

We’re a company of learn-it-alls rather than know-it-alls and our culture is centered around embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Does this sound like you? Learn more about our cultural attributes.

Do you like [VS1.1]systems programming? Do you like concurrency? Are you interested about building scalable systems? Join the Azure Core Compute team, a collaborative environment where your ideas shape the future of technology and your growth is a top priority.

The software we develop runs on millions of machines worldwide. As a mission-critical cloud platform, our goal is to ensure industry-leading availability, reliability, performance, compliance, and security.

As a software engineer in Azure Core, you will be working on features that run on millions of machines, and given the opportunity to collaborate across various teams that make up large distributed system that is Azure. You will have opportunities to explore new technologies, and be mentored by senior and principal engineers that have experience in their craft.

You’ll create extensible and maintainable code for backend services, collaborating with stakeholders to define user requirements and integrate feedback into future designs. You’ll contribute to testing plans and quality assurance, applying debugging tools, logs, and telemetry to proactively identify and resolve issues.

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Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, and proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++ or Rust,
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Academic and/or professional experience with at least one of the following: distributed systems, systems programming, and/or object oriented programming.
• Academic and/or professional experience with Linux and/or Windows.

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

• 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++ or Rust,
  • OR Master's Degree (or currently pursuing a degree) in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++ or Rust,
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Academic and/or professional experience with at least one of the following: RPC frameworks (gRPC), Kernel concepts, and/or Secure Coding. 

Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $84,200 - $165,200 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 $109,000 - $180,400 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 these roles until October 31, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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• Learns to break down work items into actionable tasks in collaboration with stakeholders, estimate timelines, and escalate delays. Supports feature deployments across Azure Core Compute infrastructure, considering user and service impact while following safe deployment practices.

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to define feature requirements and integrate feedback into design iterations. Establishes feedback loops using customer metrics to drive continuous improvement across distributed systems.

• Applies coding standards and best practices, developing maintainable and extensible code with guidance. Participates in code reviews and uses debugging tools to proactively and reactively resolve issues in backend services.

• Supports documentation and dependency mapping for features, gaining exposure to system interactions and backend architecture. Contributes to architectural discussions and technical validation efforts, including hypothesis testing and automation integration.

• Participates in live service operations and acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) to monitor and restore system functionality within SLA timelines. Integrates telemetry data to analyze system behavior with a focus on performance, reliability, and safety.

• Develops and applies best practices for scalable, secure code. Understands global and local regulations, customer scaling requirements, and supports cross-team communication to enhance user experience and partner collaboration.

• Ensures compliance with security, privacy, safety, and accessibility standards. Leverages developer tools across Linux and Windows environments, contributes to automation in production and deployment workflows, and proactively seeks knowledge in systems programming, distributed systems, and object-oriented development.

• Demonstrates curiosity and initiative in exploring technologies such as RPC frameworks (gRPC), kernel concepts, and secure coding practices. Collaborates effectively across teams and embraces mentorship opportunities to grow technical depth and impact.