Software Engineer II - Azure Storage

Microsoft is seeking a Software Engineer II for Azure Storage who is passionate about building and optimizing a world-class distributed file system. The role involves contributing to the engineering of the Azure storage service, focusing on high availability, reliability, and performance while working with cutting-edge technologies.

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 and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems
• Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale

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++, or Java OR equivalent experience
• 1+ year(s) of experience in software engineering practices, coding and solid foundation in data structures and algorithms, with problem solving, debugging and analytical skills
• 1+ year(s) of proficiency in Storage, File-Systems, Distributed Systems, Operating Systems, Networking, or Applications at scale
• 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
• Master'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, JavaScript, or Python OR 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 OR equivalent experience
• 1+ year(s) proficiency in building and operating services at scale