Senior Software Engineer

Cloud and 5G are two of the most powerful forces transforming technology today.  The Azure for Operators team (AFO) is focusing on the mission of bringing 5G control plan for tier 1 critical customers.  We seek motivated, collaborative, growth minded candidates to join our global organization in the US.  In AFO you’ll find Microsoft’s Cloud DNA combined with the industry expertise. You’ll find a team that values diversity in our perspectives and approaches to make Azure the platform of choice for the 5G era.

We are looking a Senior Software Engineer who is eager to tackle the challenge of designing, implementing and maintaining an automation framework for Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Testing (CI/CD/CT).  Deploying, and monitoring large-scale distributed systems within an agile environment. The Senior Software Engineer will play a key role in the architecture and design of various components, ensuring the timely and high-quality execution of features. This role includes full ownership of components, from development and testing to managing cross-team dependencies, monitoring, and alerting for deployed systems. The position requires extensive collaboration both internally with other Azure/Microsoft teams.

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. 

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. 

Responsibilities

• Apply engineering principles for defining robust and maintainable architectures and designs. 
• Collaborate broadly across multiple disciplines from hardware designers to ML developers. 
• Help establish and drive the adoption of good coding standards and patterns. 
• Perform software development in C/C++, Python, and other languages. 
• Identify requirements, scope solutions, estimate work, schedule deliverables.
• Other
  • Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.

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:

• 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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR Master's Degree in Comput