Microsoft

Software Engineer

Job Description

Posted on: 
December 20, 2023

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) Team builds and operates Microsoft datacenters, which in turn power Microsoft’s cloud business. We anticipate and provide capacity for continuous scale. The CO+I Engineering (CO+IE) Team delivers services, applications, and automation supporting datacenter planning, construction, and operation. We own a large portfolio of services, including workflows that enable predicable, lowest cost datacenter construction, telemetry systems that drive high availability and optimized energy usage, and task and performance management applications that help our operation run as efficiently as possible. CO+IE is a competitive advantage for Microsoft, and an important pillar in its cloud success.

As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering automation capabilities (that power the long-range execution planning efforts), driving workflow improvements, and building solutions to assist in the delivery of large scale datacenters through efficient management of cost and schedule.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.


Responsibilities

  • Work with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for features.
  • Support identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for product features with oversight.
  • Learn to create and implement code for a product, service, or feature reusing code as applicable.
  • Assist and learn about breaking down work items into tasks and providing estimation.
  • Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) in monitoring system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions for simple problems, and recommend actions to restore system/product/service by following the playbook.
  • Review current developments and proactively seek new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
  • Job Requirements

    Required/Minimum Qualifications

    • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience 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. 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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