Job Description

Technical Leadership & Architecture: Provide technical leadership across Azure Core Compute platform areas. Define architecture for large-scale distributed systems and set technical direction to improve Azure's core reliability, resiliency, and efficiency. Build Scalable & Resilient Systems: Design and deliver cloud-scale services and features that meet stringent availability, performance, and operability requirements. Build systems that gracefully handle failures, optimize resource usage, and achieve high availability. Hands-on Development & Engineering Excellence: Remain hands-on through design reviews, critical-path coding, and code reviews. Set a high engineering bar by driving best practices in code quality, testing, automation, performance tuning, and live-site readiness. Mentorship & Technical Bar Raising: Mentor and guide engineers to elevate technical capability across the team. Foster a culture of excellence through thoughtful design feedback, knowledge sharing, and leading by example. Collaboration & Platform Influence: Partner closely with engineering teams across Azure and Product Management to deliver end-to-end platform improvements. Influence platform-wide technical decisions and drive initiatives that improve Azure's reliability and customer experience. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Proven experience designing and operating reliable, distributed systems at scale. Hands-on experience through design reviews, coding, and code review Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

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