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Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft

Required Skills

distributed systemsdatabaseskubernetesc++pythonconcurrencysystem-level softwareai integrationoperating systems

About the Role

Senior Software Engineer role focused on building a planet-scale multi-modal database with deep AI integration. You will lead and collaborate with a team, working on system-level software including distributed systems, operating systems, and databases. This is an individual contributor role with majority time spent on coding in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborates with stakeholders to determine user requirements
  • Drives identification of dependencies and development of design documents
  • Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, and reuses code for performance and maintainability
  • Leverages subject-matter expertise to drive project plans and work items
  • Acts as Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience
  • Experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • Experience in shipping products and services
  • Currently programming/coding in current or most recent role
  • Hands-on experience with asynchronous programming and concurrency

Nice to Have:

  • 8+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree with 6+ years experience
  • Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Amazon EKS, and/or Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
  • Experience with Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS)
  • Experience with live site operations, SRE or production support
  • Experience with Helm

Benefits & Perks

  • Industry leading healthcare