Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

USA Posted today

$119,800 - $234,700/year

Role Details

A Senior Software Engineer in this role will have direct impact on the performance, reliability, and scale of Azure Storage used by enterprises customers, operating at multiple exabytes and hundreds of millions of requests per seconds. This person will design and implement changes in core request paths, contribute to architecture decisions, and help improve latency, throughput, and fault tolerance of large‑scale distributed systems. Reasoning about complex distributed failure modes Making performance vs. reliability trade‑offs at scale Debugging production issues in high‑traffic, multi‑tenant environments Delivering changes safely while operating a 24×7 global service 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++, Rust, C 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++, Rust, C 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++, Rust, C 3+ years of experience in designing and developing reliable, high-performance distributed systems with a strong focus on scalability and resilience. Demonstrated experience with distributed systems and large-scale storage, including solving complex systems problems and working on storage internals such as availability, remote replication, durability schemes, and high-performance I/O. Practical knowledge in one or more technical domains: database internals, indexing and search techniques, caching and data placement strategies, and metadata/namespace management at scale. Ability to influence technical direction and contribute to architecture decisions across teams, fostering collaboration and innovation. Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

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