The Senior Software Engineer role at Microsoft Azure involves collaborating with stakeholders to innovate and enhance cloud capacity management technologies. This position is part of the Azure Core team, focusing on high-scale distributed systems that serve millions of customers globally. The role emphasizes a growth mindset and a commitment to an inclusive work environment, aligning with Microsoft's mission to empower individuals and organizations. Candidates will face challenges that require technical expertise and leadership in software engineering.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• 4+ years of experience in designing, building, and managing distributed systems within a cloud environment.
• 4+ years of experience leading teams to establish and maintain high standards of operational quality.
• 4+ years of experience working with stakeholders to derive requirements and deliver results.

• Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
• Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to improve performance and maintainability.
• Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with stakeholders to drive project plans.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers in monitoring system performance.
• Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to trends that improve product availability and performance.

• 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.