Base Salary
$120k - $235k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead investigation and analysis of complex distributed systems and trace the causes of faults.
- Identify bottlenecks and load concentration, mitigate issues independently, and define automated load-distribution algorithms.
- Establish robust algorithms and heuristics for degraded hardware and recurring system events across teams and organizations.
- Develop reliable, scalable, efficient, and diagnosable solutions for observed issues and bottlenecks.
- Implement new system capabilities that can be deployed incrementally and safely.
- Serve as a Designated Responsible Individual, mentor engineers, participate in on-call monitoring, and respond to degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
- Improve availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance while driving consistent monitoring and operations at scale.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience, or equivalent experience.
- Coding experience in C, C++, C#, or Java.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- Preferred: master’s degree and 6+ years of technical engineering experience, or bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of technical engineering experience, or equivalent experience.
Benefits
- The typical U.S. base pay range is $119,800–$234,700 per year.
- A separate base pay range applies to specific work locations in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area: $160,200–$261,000 per year.
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and additional compensation.
- Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled, with the posting open for at least five days.
About Microsoft
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