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Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft· Software Engineering
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Sydney, NSW, Melbourne, VIC, Brisbane,QLDfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Azure Fleet Resource Lifecycle Management team builds infrastructure to power Microsoft Azure, turning datacenter hardware, power, and network capacity into globally available cloud resources. Senior Software Engineer to own end-to-end complex services, drive design and delivery, and improve reliability, scalability, and operability in backend distributed systems.

Responsibilities

  • Own the design and delivery of complex software components and services within Azure infrastructure, driving work from requirements through production.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify requirements, identify dependencies, evaluate trade-offs, and develop scalable technical designs.
  • Design, implement, optimize, and maintain secure, reliable, and scalable solutions for complex distributed-system scenarios.
  • Use telemetry, diagnostics, testing, and operational insights to improve reliability and prevent production incidents.
  • Lead incident response and retrospectives, driving systemic corrective actions across components and services.
  • Provide technical leadership through design reviews, high-quality code reviews, mentoring, and guidance for other engineers.
  • Drive improvements in engineering systems, automation, deployment safety, observability, and operational excellence.
  • Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) during on-call rotations, coordinating responses to complex production issues, communicating status to stakeholders, restoring service, and driving follow-up improvements.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field AND 5+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, C++, Go, Java, Kotlin, or Python.
  • Strong backend software engineering skills, including designing, implementing, testing, and operating production services.
  • Experience designing and developing scalable distributed systems.
  • Strong software design, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

Skills

Required:Backend software engineeringDistributed systems design
Nice to have:Code reviews and mentoring
Last updated Aug 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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