Software Engineer II - Azure Storage

Microsoft is building a massively scalable and highly distributed cloud storage solution known as Azure Storage. The Software Engineer II will focus on developing the platform that supports Azure Storage, tackling challenges related to scale and reliability in distributed systems.

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 C# - OR equivalent experience
• 2+ years of experience with distributed systems
• 2+ years of on-call experience
• 2+ years of experience with technical problem solving and debugging skills
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role