Job Description

The Software Engineer II - Azure Storage role involves working on distributed storage systems that support modern AI workloads, focusing on durability, availability, and concurrency. The position requires coding in various languages and offers the opportunity to contribute to high-performance orchestrators that deploy storage services globally.

Requirements

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, Python
2+ years experience working in distributed cloud infrastructure development
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements

Responsibilities

Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features
Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight
Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable
Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation
Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions
Uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies to improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products

Benefits

Employees at Microsoft are often offered comprehensive, “world-class” benefits—including health and mental-wellness programs, competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards, and retirement/savings options. Time-off and flexibility are common, with generous vacation and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, and flexible work schedules, alongside learning support, employee resource groups, product discounts, and matching-gifts/volunteering programs. Specific benefits can vary by region.