Software Engineer II

Overview

The Azure platform must meet the performance demands of Microsoft’s cloud services and server application developers. The Azure and Edge Performance team focuses on optimizing the performance of core Azure components and services. We are responsible for understanding and improving end-to-end performance to help product teams achieve efficiency goals for key Azure scenarios. Collaboration across teams is central to how we operate.

We are seeking a Software Engineer IC3 to implement, enhance, verify, and operate infrastructure for validating the performance of core Azure components in the cloud. This role involves improving and leveraging data collection and analysis capabilities and reporting results to stakeholders. It offers opportunities to make an impact in high-growth areas critical to Microsoft, learn about cloud services and infrastructure, operating systems, performance engineering methodologies, workload design and implementation, and collaborate with experienced performance engineering professionals.

This position provides exposure to large-scale distributed systems and performance optimization techniques, enabling you to contribute to solutions that improve reliability and efficiency for millions of users worldwide.

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

• Defining, implementing and executing test plans to achieve release priorities and specific customer requirements
• Triaging, validating and reporting test results to key stakeholders
• Onboarding, validating and tuning industry-standard workloads and benchmarks
• Contributing to secure, flexible and reliable infrastructure for test plan execution
• Implementing and supporting compliant, efficient and reliable data engineering infrastructure
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 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++, 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

• Master'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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
  

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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.