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Are you ready to join an exciting and dynamic team of engineers? If so, Microsoft's Cloud Operations + Innovation team is looking to hire a Senior Software Engineering Lead!

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) team builds and operates Microsoft datacenters, which in turn power Microsoft’s cloud business. The CO+I Engineering team (CO+IE) delivers services, applications, and automation supporting datacenter planning, construction, and operation. We own a large portfolio of services, including workflows that enable predicable, lowest cost datacenter construction, telemetry systems that drive high availability and optimized energy usage, and task and performance management applications that help our operation run as efficiently as possible. CO+I Engineering is a competitive advantage for Microsoft, and an important pillar in its cloud success.

Sovereign Cloud Engineering (SCE) team develops apps and services to enable sovereign cloud datacenter operations that are scalable, effective, compliant, cost-efficient, and intelligent, so it reliably provides computation capacity for Microsoft clouds and services such as Azure, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365. We are looking for a passionate and self-driven Senior Software Engineering Lead to lead the team of Software Engineers, work with data center operation organizations and engineering partner teams to enable the next generation of data center operation with cutting edge features and technology, and make sure it matches the ever-growing cloud computation demands from existing and emerging sovereign clouds around the globe. If you enjoy driving innovation and delivering state-of-the-art user experiences using the latest cutting-edge technologies in a fast-paced engineering organization, yearn to build highly scalable distributed services, work across a breadth of CO+I systems in addition to being a depth expert in one or more of those systems, and are passionate about building strong and talented team, this is the right opportunity for you.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

  • Leads and manages a team of full stack Software Engineers, fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-impact team culture.
  • Collaborates with cross-functional teams, business stakeholders and engineering partners to determine and clarify business requirements and priorities for sovereign cloud data center operation scenarios.
  • Partners with product management teams, leverages subject-matter expertise, and drives project development and delivery plans; manages team sprint planning, scrums, and retrospectives to ensure timely deliveries of team commitments.
  • Leads the team to drive software engineering and infrastructural designs of CO+I data center operation tooling for sovereign clouds.
  • Coaches and leads the team by example to create and maintain extensible, reliable, reusable, high-performance, and secure code.
  • Guides the team on defining operation excellence and on-call best practices, developing and following playbooks and trouble shooting guides (TSGs), developing and deploying service health monitors and alerts for service degradation, interruptions and outages, and performing root cause analysis (RCAs) to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.
  • Promotes and leads by example on growth mindset, proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of services, while also driving consistency in operations at scale.
  • Mentors and develops team members, provides guidance and opportunities for career growth and professional development.

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.
  • 2+ years people management experience.
  • Working experience building scalable, reliable, distributed systems.
  • Excellent analytical skills and an ability to abstract concepts and think in terms of OO design.
  • Experience of building and retaining software engineering talents, coaching and mentoring for team members' career growth, and fostering supportive, respectful, and inclusive team cultures.
  • Strong learning, problem solving and collaboration skills.
  • Solid verbal and written communication skills.
  • Data-driven mind-set. Ability to mine data and persuade your team using effective analysis.

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/Additional Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of working experience in large scale system architecting, design, development, testing, and release, including but not limited to web applications, microservices in layers, database design, API design, performance tuning, telemetry design and analysis.
  • 3+ years of working experience in cloud-based services (Azure or AWS).
  • 3+ years of working experience in modern web framework such as Angular, React, or Vue.
  • 3+ years of experience in DevOps, GIT, Build and Release(CI/CD) automation.
  • Strong design skills and hands on experience with modern software system design, principles, architectural styles, and usage trade-offs.
  • Experience of leading big initiatives spanning multiple teams and organizations and leveraging deep domain expertise to influence product roadmap.
  • Experience dealing with geographically diverse teams is a big plus.

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. 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.

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