[Remote] Software Engineer II-Azure Storage

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Microsoft is a leading technology company focused on empowering individuals and organizations. The Software Engineer II - Azure Storage will develop and deploy distributed storage solutions, engaging in all phases of the storage lifecycle including design, implementation, testing, and support.


Responsibilities

  • You will be a part of a world class, collaborative team of engineers building software using agile methodologies and DevOps to run live site for the service.
  • Writes and learns to create code that is extensible and maintainable. Considers diagnosability, reliability, and maintainability with few defects, and understands when the code is ready to be shared and delivered.
  • Works in a culture of continuous improvement, adaptation, reflection, and growth.
  • Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers.
  • Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.

Skills

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java or Go OR equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in developing scalable, multi-threaded infrastructure/backend software with C++.
  • 2+ years of experience with planning, scheduling and delivery of software.
  • 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.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science OR related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java or Go OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java or Go OR equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years of professional software development experience in block Storage and file systems.
  • 1+ year(s) of development of cloud services and distributed systems.
  • 1+ year(s) of software engineering practices, coding and solid foundation in data structures, algorithms with proficient testing, debugging and analytical skills.
  • 1+ year(s) experience with debugging tools like WinDBG, Wireshark etc.

Company Overview

  • Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. It was founded in 1975, and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.microsoft.com.

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  • Microsoft has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 7425 in 2025, 9343 in 2024, 7677 in 2023, 11403 in 2022, 7210 in 2021, 7852 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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