Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline
Advanced technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR equivalent experience
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.
Preferred Qualifications:
Drive for delivering high quality and scale services
Experience in managing services with high SLA requirements and live site criticality
Technical leadership experience in designing and running fault tolerant infrastructure services that run globally in a large scale
Experience in hiring and building a team
Experience in any of the following areas: large scale web applications, L7 data plane, distributed control plane, and asynchronous programming models
Responsibilities
Innovate, drive vision and deliver on critical components for AFD
Enable high scale critical services with 100% SLA for Microsoft and beyond
Provide technical, end-to-end leadership for the team and charter
Mentor and coach other engineers to drive our collaborative and passionate team culture
Grow and nurture the team with true Microsoft principles and culture