Are you passionate about developing top-notch solutions for Azure Container Instances customers? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! Azure Container Instances is at the forefront of innovation, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to deliver exceptional solutions to Azure customers.

As a Software Engineer, on the Azure Container Instances team, you will have the chance to work across various layers of the technology stack. From enhancing the user experience for our customers to building scalable distributed cloud services that handle traffic from customers to Azure Container Instances, your responsibilities will span the entire spectrum. This opportunity will allow you to be involved in designing and implementing solutions that cater to global services operating at a massive scale. Collaboration is at the heart of our team, and you will work alongside a diverse group of individuals who embrace challenges, value continuous learning, and thrive in a collaborative environment. Additionally, this role offers mentorship opportunities, career growth prospects, and involvement in high-impact areas of the business.

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

• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature.

• Supports identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product feature with oversight.

• With guidance, learns to create and implement code for a product, service, or feature reusing code as applicable.

• Assists and learns about breaking down work items into tasks and provides estimation.

• Assists in monitoring system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions for simple problems, and recommends actions to restore system/product/service by following the playbook.

• Reviews current developments and proactively seeks new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Golang or Rust

• 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 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript,

• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Golang or Rust

• OR equivalent experience

• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts and technologies, either on Azure or another cloud

• Experience with containers

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