Microsoft Senior Software Engineer Azure DNS 

United States, Washington 

637645622

Are you looking for a new challenge to demonstrate your expertise in building systems operating at massive scale with extremely high availability requirements (100% SLA)?As a Senior Software Engineer in Azure DNS team, you’ll embark on a mission to build the world’s most reliable network and the cloud. You’ll design, build, monitor, and operate a fast, secure, and reliable software platform providing critical DNS services to our customers. You’ll own key projects and drive them end to end with good quality and reliability.

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

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:

• Master's or PhD Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
• Programming experience in one of C, C++, C#, Rust, Python, Golang or Java
• Understanding of design and problem-solving skills, with a bias for quality and engineering excellence at scale
• Experience in any of the following areas: DNS protocol, large scale web applications, SQL/No-SQL databases and asynchronous programming models

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 August 31, 2024.

• Collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to drive projects end to end from initial problem scoping to implementation and timely delivery.
• Design, implement, test, validate, and release software features to production stages with good quality, performance, security, and maintenance.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for the service, monitor system uptime and alerts, develop, and follow playbook to restore service health, and identify innovative solutions for automated self-healing systems.
• Innovate and improve engineering excellence to enable growth at scale and operate efficiently.
• Provide technical, end-to-end leadership for projects, adapting to new trends, solutions, and advancements in DNS space.
• Mentor and coach other engineers to drive our collaborative and passionate team culture.

• Embody our