Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Microsoft is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to design and evolve cloud-native platforms, distributed systems, and infrastructure services. The role advances AI and accelerated-computing infrastructure, platform reliability and automation, and datacenter capabilities while guiding architecture and collaborating across engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain cloud-native services and distributed systems that support platform capabilities, service lifecycle management, and operational excellence at scale
• Collaborate across engineering organizations to help define technical direction and architecture for platform infrastructure, cloud services, networking, storage, compute, and operational excellence investments
• Guide the development of platform engineering capabilities that improve deployment automation, service lifecycle management, observability, reliability, scalability, and developer productivity
• Advance software engineering practices including Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), testing, security, monitoring, and operational readiness throughout the engineering lifecycle
• Contribute to the design and operation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure, High Performance Computing (HPC) platforms, bare-metal infrastructure, graphics processing unit (GPU) environments, and large-scale distributed computing systems
• Collaborate on datacenter architecture and networking solutions, including rack-scale systems, network topology design, Ethernet fabrics, InfiniBand fabrics, Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), Smart Network Interface Cards (SmartNICs), Data Processing Units (DPUs), and accelerated computing platforms
• Foster a culture of technical excellence through architecture collaboration, mentorship, knowledge sharing, design review participation, and support for engineering excellence across the broader organization

Skills

• 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
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
• Recognized for delivering technical solutions that span multiple engineering teams, organizations, or business areas
• Demonstrated ability to simplify complex technical challenges and translate them into practical, scalable, and maintainable solutions
• Proven ability to influence technical direction through collaboration, architectural leadership, technical mentoring, and cross-organizational partnerships
• Knowledge of large-scale distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, or infrastructure services supporting business-critical production environments
• Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure, High Performance Computing (HPC) environments, accelerated computing platforms, or large-scale graphics processing unit (GPU) deployments
• Knowledge of datacenter architecture, rack-scale infrastructure, network topology design, and modern datacenter networking technologies
• Familiarity with InfiniBand fabrics, NVLink, NVSwitch, Ethernet networking, Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), Smart Network Interface Cards (SmartNICs), or Data Processing Units (DPUs) supporting large-scale compute environments
• Understanding of bare-metal infrastructure, hardware lifecycle management, fleet operations, infrastructure telemetry, or platform operations at scale
• Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Go, Rust, C#, Java, or Python

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