Sr. Software Engineer

Overview

As AI-driven applications, intelligent agents, analytics platforms, and mission-critical enterprise workloads continue to transform every industry, the demand for resilient, globally distributed data infrastructure has never been greater. Azure Storage Geo Replication is a cornerstone of Microsoft's cloud platform, safeguarding customer data and ensuring continuous availability across regions at massive scale.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build the next generation of geo-resiliency, replication, data protection, and business continuity capabilities for Azure Storage. In this role, you will work on some of the most challenging problems in cloud computing, developing services that protect exabytes of customer data, improve regional resiliency, and enable customers to confidently run mission-critical and AI-powered applications on Azure.

Azure Storage stores and protects exabytes of customer data across regions worldwide. The Geo Replication team is responsible for developing the technologies that provide industry-leading durability, availability, disaster recovery, and regional resilience. This role offers the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to one of Microsoft's largest cloud platforms while working on distributed systems at extraordinary scale.

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Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate distributed services that power Azure Storage Geo Replication capabilities

• Build solutions that improve data durability, regional resiliency, failover readiness, and disaster recovery experiences

• Collaborate with engineers, architects, and product teams to define and deliver new functionality. Participate in the design, implementation, testing, and deployment of cloud-scale services

• Analyze service telemetry and customer scenarios to identify reliability and performance improvements. Diagnose and resolve complex production issues involving replication, storage, and distributed systems

• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and contribute to operational excellence and service health

• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to improve productivity, code quality, troubleshooting effectiveness, and operational efficiency. Continuously improve service availability, observability, scalability, and performance

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, or Java.

• OR equivalent experience

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, Software Engineering, or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or Python

• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or Python

• OR equivalent experience

• Experience with:

• 6+ years of software development, including building products and services, scalable distributed systems, and cloud services

• Designing and building large-scale distributed systems

• Working with cloud infrastructure, storage systems, databases, or replication technologies

• Distributed systems concepts, including durability, consistency, availability, and fault tolerance

• Troubleshooting complex production issues in large-scale cloud environments

• Multithreaded and concurrent programming

• Data structures, algorithms, testing, and performance optimization

• Geo-distributed architectures, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions

• GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, or similar AI-assisted development tools

• Leveraging AI technologies for code generation, testing, debugging, documentation, and development productivity

• AI-assisted operational workflows, anomaly detection, telemetry analysis, and incident response automation

• Incorporating AI tools into software engineering workflows while maintaining high standards of quality and reliability

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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 $160,200 - $261,000 per year.

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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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