23 hours ago
Base Salary
$143k - $304k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the architecture and technical direction of large-scale distributed services, defining system boundaries, interfaces, data flows, and evolution strategies.
- Establish reusable engineering patterns and ensure services are modular, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored, and designed for independent evolution.
- Evaluate technical trade-offs across distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, data, identity, security, and developer platforms.
- Translate customer, partner, product, and operational signals into technical strategies, architecture roadmaps, and investment priorities.
- Lead resolution of complex cross-service and LiveSite issues and drive improvements in automation, resiliency, scalability, observability, and cost efficiency.
- Mentor engineers, lead architecture reviews, improve design and code quality, align stakeholders, and influence engineering direction across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience designing systems and coding, or equivalent experience.
- Experience designing and operating high-throughput, multi-tenant cloud services and defining architectures across service, data, security, reliability, and operational boundaries.
- Coding experience in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
Benefits
- The position may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
- The role is open for a minimum of five days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.
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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.