2 days ago
Remote, EstoniaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and evolve large-scale engineering systems, services, and tools supporting build, test, and release pipelines.
- Lead end-to-end feature crews and major platform initiatives from problem framing and design through production deployment and live-site ownership.
- Make architecture and design decisions balancing developer productivity, reliability, scalability, security, and maintainability.
- Act as a technical authority in areas such as CI execution, test reliability, release gating, and platform observability.
- Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and program teams to establish ownership boundaries and platform contracts.
- Raise engineering quality through design reviews, code reviews, operational rigor, and best-practice guidance.
- Diagnose and resolve complex production issues spanning multiple services and layers.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to team engineering culture.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and technical engineering experience coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with CI/CD systems, developer productivity platforms, or large-scale test infrastructure.
- Ability to pass Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- Preferred: master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Preferred: experience designing and building distributed systems or cloud-based services.
- Preferred: familiarity with cloud platforms, especially Azure, and operating production services with monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
- Preferred: background debugging complex distributed systems and improving reliability and performance.
- Preferred: experience shaping engineering standards, quality gates, or platform contracts.
- Preferred: demonstrated mentorship, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Estonia base pay range is €40,600.00–€66,500.00 per year, with certain roles potentially eligible for additional benefits and compensation.
- Benefits and perks include subsidized food and beverages, public transport, gym access, phone and broadband support, sports and gaming groups, flexible work hours, and access to modern hardware and software.
- The role is based at Microsoft Development Center Tallinn and offers personal and professional development opportunities.
About Microsoft
Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.