Requirements:

Degree in computer science, electrical engineering, software engineering, or a related technical discipline.
5+ years of experience in technical design, problem-solving, and debugging.
5+ years of experience with architecting large systems and seeing them to production.
3+ years of development experience on Linux and knowledge of Linux System internals.
Passion and motivation for technology.
Ability to effectively communicate in English.
Passion for growth, exploring new things, and learning from others and own mistakes.
Experience in one or more programming languages, including, but not limited to: C/C++, Java, C#, Python, PowerShell, Rust.
Experience with planning, organizing, and executing improvements on components and feature areas.
Drive for customer engagement and obsession, with a data-driven approach.
Formal and non-formal leadership skills.

Nice to Have:

3+ years of experience running large-scale services and building database systems.
Industry experience building and maintaining open-source software (OSS) and working with PostgreSQL.
Proficient analytical skills with systematic and structured approaches to software design.

Design, produce and deliver software to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, security, and efficiency of a cloud service.
Contribute with fixing, enhancing, and supporting services in production, including periodic on-call duties.
Collaborate with colleagues across the world to address requirements needed to run enterprise-grade services.
Participate actively in code reviews, bug/issue triage with feature teams, and support well-informed decisions towards business and engineering goals.
Review and influence ongoing design, architecture, standards, and methods for operating services and systems.
Drive and lead software development projects from a technical perspective.
Proactively come up with proposals for further improvements of the system, process, and owned product.
Mentor and guide junior engineering colleagues.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.