Microsoft Senior Software Engineer 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

236589664

You will work on cutting-edge systems that evolve the host operating system, leverage hardware offloads, and enable disaggregated compute. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Accelerate your career growth by tackling complex engineering challenges at global scale.
• Deepen your expertise in distributed systems, performance optimization, and cloud security.
• bn Collaborate across organizations, driving technical innovation and influencing future Azure architecture.

Required Qualifications:

• 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, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable technical leadership experience, with demonstrable results including collaborating with external stakeholders.

Other Requirements:

• 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.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience in large-scale distributed systems, services, or platforms.
  • Proficiency in Rust and/or C++ for systems-level programming.
• 1+ year(s) of experience working in high-stakes production service environments, including live-site operations.
• 1+ year(s) of troubleshooting and debugging skills in distributed or cloud systems.
• 1+ year(s) proficency for learning and growing in Azure core compute and cloud security domains.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 8, 2025.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to determine requirements and conceptualize high-level designs for features and scenarios.
• Drive identification of dependencies and develop design documents for Azure Core Compute services.
• Create, implement, debug, refactor, and optimize code to improve maintainability, performance, and security.
• Partner with project managers and cross-functional stakeholders to define project and release plans, leveraging your expertise in distributed systems and service fundamentals.
• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), contributing to on-call rotations, monitoring service health, and restoring services during incidents.
• Proactively learn new technologies, adapting to evolving technical patterns to improve availability, reliability, observability, and performance at scale.
• Serve as a technical contributor in building security-first features, influencing architecture and implementation across Azure Compute Node Services.