Overview

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‍The Azure Compute Platform team, a cornerstone of Azure Cloud’s infrastructure, is experiencing rapid growth. This team leads the way in tackling global challenges with cutting-edge advancements in distributed systems and cloud-native security. The solutions they develop are crucial to the operations of all customer workloads on the Azure cloud.

As Azure Cloud strengthens its role as the foundation of enterprise solutions and artificial intelligence, we have unique opportunities to significantly enhance and scale Azure Compute.

We are seeking a Software Engineer 2 to contribute to the development of the Azure Compute service, ensuring its scalability and security. We are looking for someone who thrives on solving complex problems and excels at collaborating with various teams to address intricate issues. The ideal candidate will work with urgency while maintaining a  focus on security.

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‍Responsibilities‍

This engineer will work and contribute to the growth of the Azure Compute Platform. Their responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with Program Managers and teams across Azure Core to expand the Azure Compute Platform service to new regions and clouds.
• Contributing to the design and documentation of features, services, and platform components, identifying dependencies and proposing scalable solutions.
• Investigating and helping resolve complex issues in large-scale distributed systems, improving service reliability and performance.
• Applying a data-driven approach, with a  focus on serviceability, quality, and maintainability.
• Supporting on-call operations by prioritizing repair items and improving the overall engineer experience.
• Embracing a customer-first approach and contributing to platform improvements that balance engineering efficiency with business priorities.
• Working across organizational boundaries to address integration challenges involving Compute, Network, and Storage.

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‍Qualifications‍

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ years experience with distributed systems, backend development.

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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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Preferred 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 Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ years experience in designing large-scale distributed systems.
• 1+ years experience in shipping services and maintaining high-availability infrastructure.

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