Senior Software Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, California, Mountain View | |
 Jul 09, 2025 | |
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OverviewImagine, building the world's computer that provides unprecedented reliability and unlimited scale, an organization that empowers individuals to achieve their best and treasure grass root innovation, technology that spans machine learning, networking, operating systems, User Experience (UX), security, and a solution that enables millions of customers to run their mission critical services with confidence. The opportunities are infinite and innovation is limited only by our own imagination. We are responsible for enabling enterprises to connect their on-premise networks and devices to the cloud, in the most secure and performant way possible. Our team also builds application delivery services such as load balancing and firewalls. At the core of these services is a solid Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) infrastructure that we continuously innovate on to improve agility, scalability, reliability and cost effectiveness of our services. As a Senior Software Engineer in Azure Networking design, you will develop, test, deploy and manage operations of critical services. We are looking for software engineers who are interested building infrastructure and hyperscale systems that are responsible for high impact network services that provide reliable connectivity.This is a highly visible role in an area of large and expanding investment for Azure and offers a terrific opportunity for technical and career growth. Our team's innovations are well recognized in the cloud and networking industry. 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.
ResponsibilitiesCollaborates 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. | |