Senior Software Engineer, Azure Identity

The Identity and Network Access engineering team builds and manages Microsoft’s authentication services for all Microsoft’s Cloud -- Azure, Microsoft 365, Xbox, Dynamics, etc. We are the Core Authentication team, and we are building and running the authentication service behind Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) which includes capabilities such as Managed Identities for Azure and a full-fledged backup authentication service covering a broad range of scenarios. Our engineering employees have technical experience, customer insights, and a clear point of view that comes from first-hand, very large-scale experience.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Azure Identity who can join us to drive the evolution of the Managed Identities to meet the scale demands of tomorrow. You will have the opportunity to design and develop the next generation of Managed Identities for Azure with orders of magnitude more scale, interoperability with while meeting the feature-richness of first-party platforms like Azure. You will also have the opportunity to design changes to the Microsoft Entra ID Core Authentication Service as it provides the authentication platform for Managed Identities. You will develop software and services at scale, innovating on the latest technologies as the earliest adopters while mentoring other team members. 

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

• Design and develop large scale distributed software services and solutions.
• System design through well-defined interfaces across multiple components, code reviews, leveraging data/telemetry to make decisions. 
• Develop “best-in-class” engineering for our services by ensuring that the services and the components are well-defined and modularized, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored and reusable. 
• Improve test coverage for services, organize and implement integration tests, and resolve problem areas. 
• Consider testability, portability/monitoring, reliability, maintainability, and understand when code is ready to be shared and delivered. 
• Focus on customer/partner needs through a data driven approach. 
• Troubleshoot and optimize automation, reliability and monitoring for Live Site. 

Other

• Embody our Culture  &  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.
• 2+ years of experience developing high scale, distributed systems on a cloud platform.

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 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, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years demonstrated experience in designing and developing large scale distributed systems and services.
• Proficient design and programming skills in C#, Java, or C++ with solid engineering practices.
• Significant background in storage. Solid technical aptitude and a history for quality, competent debugging skills, experience designing and implementing automated tooling\processes
• A self-starting problem-solver who thrives on resolving complex challenges through independent research and agile experimentation.
• Result-driven, with experience collaborating within and across teams to plan for - and timely execute on - objectives.
• Proficient communication skills, including the ability to write concise and accurate technical documentation, communicate technical ideas to non-technical audiences, and to lead development teams.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco