Senior Software Engineer - Azure Storage Data Access

Microsoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Azure Storage Data Access team, which builds secure, globally distributed storage capabilities. The role focuses on designing, implementing, testing, deploying, and operating cloud-scale security and data access services for enterprise and AI workloads.

Responsibilities:

• Take full end-to-end ownership of security features that enable efficient, highly secure access patterns to Azure Storage
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to improve productivity, code quality, troubleshooting effectiveness, test coverage, and operational efficiency
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and external and internal stakeholders to define and deliver new functionality
• Lead the design, implementation, testing, and deployment of cloud-scale services
• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and contribute to operational excellence and service health
• Continuously improve service availability, observability, scalability, and performance

Requirements:

• • 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++, or C#
  • OR equivalent experience
• • 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:
• • 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++, or C#
  • OR 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++, or C#
  • OR equivalent experience
• • Experience with cloud storage systems, object storage, distributed file systems, or high-scale data plane services
• • Experience with authentication, authorization, identity systems, RBAC (role-based access control), ABAC (attribute-based access control), token-based authentication, network security, encryption, or policy enforcement
• • Experience with performance-sensitive backend services, including low-latency request paths, caching, concurrency, scale-out architectures, and high-throughput systems
• • Experience building highly available services with strong observability, diagnostics, automated mitigation, deployment safety, and operational excellence
• • Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools to improve development velocity, code quality, debugging, testing, and service operations