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Software Engineering IC5

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In short

Join Azure Storage as a Software Engineering IC5 to build the foundational platform for next-generation AI agents and cloud services. You will architect scalable control plane services, drive innovations in distributed systems and intelligent automation, and pioneer AI-first engineering practices at hyperscale.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and evolution of Azure Storage capabilities for AI platforms, autonomous AI agents, and hyperscale cloud services.
  • Architect and deliver scalable control plane and management plane services for AI-scale workloads.
  • Drive innovations in distributed systems, intelligent automation, and resource orchestration.
  • Partner with engineers, architects, and product managers across Microsoft to define technical strategy.
  • Leverage cutting-edge AI engineering tools, agentic workflows, and code-generation technologies.
  • Explore and implement AI-assisted software development practices.
  • Help define how AI transforms software engineering at hyperscale.
  • Partner with AI platform teams to automate engineering, deployment, reliability, and operational workflows.
  • Influence the long-term architecture and technical roadmap for Azure Storage.
  • Serve as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for critical service components.
  • Drive end-to-end ownership of system health, reliability, performance, and incident response.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, C++, Java, or other languages OR equivalent experience.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: Required upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Desired Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, C++, Java, or other languages OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, C++, Java, or other languages OR equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years designing and operating hyperscale cloud platforms, storage services, or distributed systems with a focus on scalability, reliability, and performance.
  • Building distributed storage systems, databases, or infrastructure services at scale.
  • Designing platforms or services that power AI training, inference, retrieval, reasoning, or agent orchestration workloads.
  • Applying AI-powered engineering practices, including code-generation tools, agentic workflows, AI-assisted development, automated testing, debugging, and operational troubleshooting.
  • Building platforms or infrastructure that support AI workloads, large-scale inference systems, autonomous agents, or data-intensive applications.
  • Championing AI-first engineering practices and influencing engineering transformation across teams or organizations.
  • Proven track record of operating highly available cloud services with stringent reliability requirements.
  • Expertise in AI-enabled software engineering, including agentic development workflows, LLM-powered coding assistants, automated code generation, and intelligent operational tooling.
  • Proven technical leadership driving architecture, strategy, and execution for large-scale cloud services and distributed systems.
  • Passion for leveraging AI to transform software engineering productivity, quality, and operational excellence at scale.

Benefits

  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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Company

Microsoft

Job Posted

1 month ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

Remote

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

United States

Qualification

Bachelor

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