Enable America Jobs

Microsoft 365 is the world’s leading productivity service, trusted by hundreds of millions of users worldwide.

Microsoft 365 Ecosystem Services Platform is at the center of it all. We are evolving our services stacks to become higher performant, greater agility with lower COGs. We are defining and building the new Protocol services stack in the Ecosystem Platform by embracing the cutting-edge technologies.

We are looking for software engineers with experience building state of the art software systems. We offer the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and tools, on innovative and sophisticated features that customers love, as part of a team of passionate and experienced engineers in a diverse and inclusive environment.

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

• Architect, design, implement massive scale, highly available/extensible and robust cloud services.

• Drive thinking and improvements for systems and engineering processes with simplicity and maintainability as core tenets.

• Analyze and fix performance bottlenecks found at cloud scale. 

• Deliver high value through a strong collaborative approach spanning many teams across geographies.

• Provide technical leadership to the engineering team, partner, mentor, and help grow junior engineers through sharing and learning.

• Act as a technical expert for addressing customer escalations and resolving complex technical issues.

• Uphold engineering best practices, coding standards, and methodologies to ensure high-quality software development.

• Foster a culture of inclusivity and disciplined software engineering practices to deliver business value, guided by data.

Qualifications

• Bachelor'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, Rust, or Python

• OR equivalent experience.

• 8+ years of software design and development experience with backend services.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to communicate technical details clearly across organizational boundaries.

• Good problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically and solve problems systematically.

• Experience in DevOps to maintain live services and\or application frameworks.  

• Solid experience in building Cloud Services and/or deep systems knowledge and experience in Azure stack.

• Solid inclination for architecting at scale. Experience in systems side of software development, highly scalable infrastructure and distributed systems is a plus.

• Demonstrated analytical skills with systematic and structured approach to software design.

• Commitment to building highly scalable, highly reliable services.

• 10+ years of software design and development experience with backend services.

#M365Core

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) .