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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 through production deployment and live-site ownership.
- Make architecture and design decisions balancing developer productivity, reliability, scalability, security, and maintainability.
- Serve 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.
- Resolve complex production issues across multiple services and system layers.
- Improve engineering standards through design reviews, code reviews, operational rigor, and technical guidance.
- Mentor engineers and help shape engineering culture.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field plus solid technical engineering experience, or equivalent experience.
- Coding experience in one or more of C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- Solid professional software engineering experience, including ownership of production systems.
- Experience designing and building distributed systems or cloud-based services.
- Experience with CI/CD systems, developer productivity platforms, or large-scale test infrastructure.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, and operating production services through monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
- Strong experience debugging complex distributed systems and improving reliability and performance.
- Experience establishing engineering standards, quality gates, or platform contracts.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- A master’s degree or extensive technical engineering experience is preferred.
Benefits
- Benefits and additional compensation may be available; the posting also highlights subsidized food and beverages, public transport, gym access, phone and broadband support, and sports and gaming groups.
- The role is based at Microsoft Development Center Tallinn with flexible work hours and access to professional development opportunities.
- The position remains open for at least five days and accepts applications until filled.
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.