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Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer - Azure Object Storage role at Microsoft Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer - Azure Object Storage role at Microsoft Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Azure Object Storage team is looking for a talented and highly motivated Senior Software Engineer to design and develop the next generation of our object storage stack. We are building Microsoft's cloud storage solution - Microsoft Azure Storage, which is a massively scalable, highly distributed, ubiquitously accessible storage system, designed to scale out and serve the entire world. We continue to have tremendous hockey stick growth; we have many Exabyte data stored and are designing and building systems for Zettabyte scale to support demand growth for the coming years. We are looking for enthusiastic candidates who love to learn, have a passion for writing high quality software and enjoy collaborating with a dynamic team. As a Senior Software Engineer - Azure Object Storage, you will help solve the performance and scale requirements of the most demanding Machine learning, Analytics, and HPC workload. You will be solving challenges related to scale and reliability for a distributed system. You will be working on a dev-ops model and be responsible for the livesite and ensuring a high bar of quality. You will have an opportunity to make high impact changes on a daily basis, accelerate your career growth and hone your technical and leadership skills. 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 • Design, build, maintain and operate services with high traffic, high resiliency with millions of requests across multiple global regions. • Implement the next generation of enhancements in the Core Azure Blob Storage service. • Mentor and develop engineers across all levels through sharing and learning. • Lead technical projects and model the culture of the team. • Responding to and mitigating any live site issues impacting customers. • Proficient troubleshooting (debugging) skills and ability to take projects from beginning to end with little direct supervision. • Teamwork and coordination skills with ability to create clarity from ambiguity.Qualifications Required Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C+, C#, or Java • OR equivalent experience. • 2+ years of distributed systems experience • 2+ years of live site/on-call rotation experienceOther 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 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C+, C#, or Java • 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+, C#, or Java • OR equivalent experience. • Experience designing and implementing distributed storage systems. • Experience developing scalable and high-performance services.Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 per year. 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 Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations. Seniority level • Seniority level Not Applicable Employment type • Employment type Full-time Job function • Job function Engineering and Information Technology • Industries Software Development Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Microsoft by 2x Sign in to set job alerts for Senior Software Engineer roles. 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