**Overview** Microsoft Teams is core to Microsoft's vision for intelligent communications and productivity in the modern workplace. We are fast becoming the hub for teamwork in Microsoft 365 with hundreds of thousands of organizations and tens of millions of users worldwide using Teams. Microsoft Teams now has 300M+ daily users, cementing it as the fastest-growing business application in Microsoft history. Join the Release Infrastructure team as a **Senior Software Engineer** and help build the backbone that enables thousands of Teams developers to ship features to millions of users worldwide. You’ll own and drive cross-organizational programs, remove barriers, and enable thousands of Teams developers to ship to millions with confidence. You will model and drive operational excellence, designing and implementing innovative solutions and mentor team members. 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** + Partner with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios. + Lead identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform. + Lead by example and mentor others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products. + Leverage subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items. + Hold accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions. + Proactively seek new knowledge and adapt 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 and shares knowledge with other engineers. **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications:** + Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND solid technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR equivalent experience. + Track record of owning architecture and technical direction for large, distributed systems and developer platforms. + Experience driving operational excellence and incident response improvements. **Preferred Qualifications:** + Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND extensive technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR equivalent experience. + Experience with cloud services, Azure PaaS & ServicesExperience developing and maintaining engineering infrastructure tools/bots. + Experience with ownership of shipping features and with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) processes. + Experience shaping the technical direction of a project or product, creating a long-term vision, aligning it with business goals, and guiding the team toward successful implementation **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. 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. (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html)