Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and evolution of cloud-native services, distributed systems, and platform capabilities that support large-scale production environments.
- Collaborate across engineering organizations to help define technical direction and architecture for platform infrastructure, cloud services, networking, storage, compute, and operational excellence investments.
- Guide the development of platform engineering capabilities that improve deployment automation, service lifecycle management, observability, reliability, scalability, and developer productivity.
- Advance software engineering practices including Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), testing, security, monitoring, and operational readiness throughout the engineering lifecycle.
- Contribute to the design and operation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure, High Performance Computing (HPC) platforms, bare-metal infrastructure, graphics processing unit (GPU) environments, and large-scale distributed computing systems.
- Collaborate on datacenter architecture and networking solutions, including rack-scale systems, network topology design, Ethernet fabrics, InfiniBand fabrics, Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), Smart Network Interface Cards (SmartNICs), Data Processing Units (DPUs), and accelerated computing platforms.
- Foster a culture of technical excellence through architecture collaboration, mentorship, knowledge sharing, design review participation, and support for engineering excellence across the broader organization.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor'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 equivalent experience.
Other Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. This includes passing the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Recognized for delivering technical solutions that span multiple engineering teams, organizations, or business areas.
- Demonstrated ability to simplify complex technical challenges and translate them into practical, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
- Proven ability to influence technical direction through collaboration, architectural leadership, technical mentoring, and cross-organizational partnerships.
- Knowledge of large-scale distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, or infrastructure services supporting business-critical production environments.
- Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure, High Performance Computing (HPC) environments, accelerated computing platforms, or large-scale graphics processing unit (GPU) deployments.
- Knowledge of datacenter architecture, rack-scale infrastructure, network topology design, and modern datacenter networking technologies.
- Familiarity with InfiniBand fabrics, NVLink, NVSwitch, Ethernet networking, Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), Smart Network Interface Cards (SmartNICs), or Data Processing Units (DPUs) supporting large-scale compute environments.
- Understanding of bare-metal infrastructure, hardware lifecycle management, fleet operations, infrastructure telemetry, or platform operations at scale.
- Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Go, Rust, C#, Java, or Python.
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Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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
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.
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
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
- 6+ years of technical engineering experience
- Coding experience in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements
- Experience delivering technical solutions across multiple engineering teams, organizations, or business areas
- Ability to simplify complex technical challenges into practical, scalable, and maintainable solutions
- Technical influence through collaboration, architectural leadership, mentoring, and cross-organizational partnerships
- Knowledge of large-scale distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, or infrastructure services
- Familiarity with AI infrastructure, HPC environments, accelerated computing, or large-scale GPU deployments
- Knowledge of datacenter architecture, rack-scale infrastructure, network topology, and modern datacenter networking
- Familiarity with InfiniBand, NVLink, NVSwitch, Ethernet, RDMA, SmartNICs, or DPUs
- Understanding of bare-metal infrastructure, hardware lifecycle management, fleet operations, infrastructure telemetry, or platform operations at scale
- Proficiency in Go, Rust, C#, Java, or Python
Microsoft Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is presented as broadly competitive overall, with clear role/level/location variation and an emphasis on using posted ranges and band information for apples-to-apples comparisons.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are described as a standout, highlighted by a strong 401(k) match structure and immediate vesting, plus additional plan features for tax-advantaged saving.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are portrayed as a meaningful strength, with substantial paid parental leave and added supports like back-up care and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
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