It is a mobile first, cloud first world and we're empowering it. Microsoft Azure is at the heart of the Microsoft Cloud providing the backend infrastructure for hyper-scale distributed and dynamic computing. Our team within Azure provides the software platform which enables internal Microsoft services (including Office 365, Bing.com, XBOX Live, Skype, and OneDrive) as well as many external customers to run their large-scale mission-critical Cloud applications for their businesses. If you love distributed systems, scale in the millions and make an impact on Azure and the industry – this is a great opportunity for you. You will be working on services that contribute towards delivering 5x9s of availability for our customers and directly impacting the company bottom line by optimizing the utilization of our hardware. You will be leveraging best in class analytics and machine learning to deliver solutions. Some of the projects we recently delivered – Machine learning based failure prediction
Design, build and support software to support Azure Compute.
Required qualifications: 4+ years of experience in commercial software development Experience designing/building distributed systems Fluent in one of the following programming languages: C++/C#/Java Bachelors and/or Graduate degree in Computer Science or related field of study Preferred qualifications: Experience with agile development, weekly rollouts, continuous testing, operations and monitoring Enjoy working with large datasets Experience/interest in datacenter hardware Strong problem-solving skills, drive for results, and ability to work independently Passion for designing and writing great