Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

5 - 10 years

Bengaluru

Posted: 30/06/2025

Job Description

Overview

Would you like the opportunity to work on OS platform that powers Azure? You will be part of Microsoft Core OS team in Azure Edge + Platform org. Our team is responsible for development of technologies to deploy OS updates to Azure fleet with minimal customer impact. How do you deliver impact-less updates on-time and every time to an ever growing fleet? How do you deploy impactful OS updates while keeping the millions of VMs up and running? How do you build the infrastructure for flighting and experimentation to reduce the time to bring features to market faster than ever before? If these challenges intrigue you, come talk to us.

We are looking for solid engineers with the passion to research new areas, write optimal code, enhance coding standards and ship fast. We follow short, frequent release cycles with room for innovation in multiple areas. As a team, we welcome smart, motivated engineers, with a positive attitude and growth mindset, ready to translate ambiguity into concrete deliverables that move the needle for the customer.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s in Computer Science or Engineering or a related field
7+ year of software development experience
5+ year of experience on cloud technologies
5+ year of experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: C/C++/C#, Java, or Python
Experience working with large scale distributed systems
Solid design, development, and testing skills
A strong problem solver. We expect you to own scenarios end-to-end across multiple components
Be comfortable moving up / down the stack and writing code in both managed and native languages
Exposure to live site engineering

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Responsibilities

Design and Develop secure, testable and maintainable code
Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC)
Embrace agile engineering practices and dev-ops culture with Live Site focus. End to End engineering (from architecture to Livesite) accountability for the services
Carry out quick proofs of concepts
Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing systems
Develop end to end telemetry pipeline and live site monitors and alerts
Leverage data and telemetry to make decisions and drive feedback into systems design and implementation
Coach and mentor the junior engineers in the team

About Company

Microsoft Corporation is a leading American multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is best known for its software products, including the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office Suite, and Azure cloud services. The company also produces hardware like the Surface devices and owns LinkedIn, GitHub, and the Xbox gaming brand. Microsoft is one of the world's most valuable companies, playing a key role in personal computing, enterprise software, AI, and cloud computing.