Imagine building the world’s computer that provides unprecedented reliability and unlimited scale—an organization that empowers individuals to achieve their best and values grassroots innovation. Envision technology that spans machine learning, networking, operating systems, user experience, security, and solutions that enable millions of customers to run their mission-critical workloads with confidence. The opportunities are infinite, and innovation is limited only by our own imagination. We are part of the Microsoft Azure Networking team, responsible for designing, building, and operating critical services for customers. Our responsibilities include enabling hybrid connectivity for enterprises to connect to Azure, application load balancing, secure virtual machine access, network function virtualization, application and network security services, and the Network Diagnostics Platform. At the core of these services is a robust software-defined networking and network function virtualization infrastructure that we continuously innovate on to improve agility, scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. Our culture promotes diversity and inclusion, which is clearly reflected in everything we do. Diversity is more than a commitment for us—it is the foundation of our work. We are seeking a **Senior Software Engineer** to join the Production Infrastructure team. This role will focus on pre-production testing, continuous integration and continuous delivery rollouts, and planet-scale health monitoring of hundreds of thousands of networking platform-as-a-service offerings. The mission of the team is to deliver high-quality networking services with the agility of the cloud. This position blends the disciplines of reliability, quality, and scalability into a single impactful role. If you’re an engineer who takes pride in delivering high-quality services, enjoys building scalable and reliable systems, and thrives in collaborative, fast-paced environments, this is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds who are passionate about technology and eager to contribute to a supportive, startup-like culture where innovation and impact go hand in hand. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. **Responsibilities** + 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 establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI). + Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items. + Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate. + Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale. + Other: + Embody our Culture (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) and Values (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture) **Qualifications** **Required/Minimum Qualifications:** + 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, Rust or Python + OR equivalent experience. + 4+ years experience in one or more of the following areas: + C#, Golang + Distributed Systems + Virtualization (hypervisors; VM switching), performance optimization + Designing and running large-scale fault-tolerant infrastructure services + RESTful Services + Experience with networking technologies and/or cloud networking architectures. **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. **Additional or Preferred Qualifications:** + Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science + OR related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, OR Python + OR Master'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. + 1+ years experience with cloud services and infrastructure. + Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices. + Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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 Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 5, 2025. \#azurecorejobs Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .