Responsibilities
The team is looking for a proactive engineer to:
Design and develop features for large-scale distributed systems and backend infrastructure services.
Help improve service reliability, efficiency, scalability, and operational excellence through data-driven engineering.
Build platform capabilities that optimize resource utilization and workload execution across Microsoft 365 services.
Develop telemetry, monitoring, diagnostics, and automation solutions to improve system health and operational visibility.
Investigate production issues and participate in live-site mitigation and recovery efforts.
Collaborate closely with partner teams across Microsoft 365 to deliver end-to-end platform capabilities.
Participate in design reviews, code reviews, testing, deployment, and operational support.
Continuously learn emerging technologies, distributed systems concepts, and AI-assisted engineering practices.
Contribute to a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
Required 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.
- Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
- Solid fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and software design.
- Experience developing features or components as part of a service or distributed system.
- Ability to debug issues, write maintainable code, and deliver features end-to-end with appropriate guidance.
- Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude, or equivalent tools as part of day-to-day development workflows.
- Demonstrated ability to review, validate, and refine AI-generated code, tests, documentation, and troubleshooting guidance before production use.
- Experience contributing to backend services or distributed systems, including understanding of scalability, reliability, and performance tradeoffs.
- Familiarity with concurrency, resource management, service-to-service communication, and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience working with telemetry, logging, monitoring, and production diagnostics.
- Exposure to cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or similar.
Experience working with:
- Microservices and service-oriented architecture
- Event-driven systems and APIs
- Resource management or infrastructure systems
- Containerized or cloud-native environments
- Exposure to AI-powered services, large-scale inference workloads, or rapidly changing traffic patterns.
- Ability to effectively collaborate with AI coding assistants and engineering agents to accelerate implementation, testing, debugging, and documentation while maintaining quality and ownership.
- Demonstrated curiosity, continuous learning mindset, and ability to rapidly adapt to new engineering tools and technologies.
- Solid communication skills and ability to work effectively within a team.
- Experience collaborating across teams and functions is a plus.
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 and 2+ years of technical engineering experience coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, or equivalent experience
- Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 3+ years of technical engineering experience coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, or equivalent experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 5+ years of technical engineering experience coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, or equivalent experience
- Fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and software design
- Experience developing features or components for services or distributed systems
- Ability to debug issues, write maintainable code, and deliver features end-to-end
- Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools and validating AI-generated code, tests, documentation, and troubleshooting guidance
- Experience with scalability, reliability, performance tradeoffs, concurrency, resource management, service-to-service communication, and cloud-native architectures
- Experience with telemetry, logging, monitoring, and production diagnostics
- Exposure to cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS
- Experience with microservices, service-oriented architecture, event-driven systems, APIs, resource management, infrastructure systems, or containerized environments
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
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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