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Beyond improving deployment agility, reliability, and operational efficiency, we are reimagining the deployment platform for an AI-native future, evolving from systems primarily designed for human operators into a platform where humans and AI agents are both first-class participants.\nAs a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, build, and operate highly reliable distributed systems that enable services to deploy changes safely and rapidly at massive scale. You will apply AI and agent technologies to automate complex engineering and operational workflows, while helping evolve the underlying platform so that agents can reason, act, collaborate, and safely operate deployment workflows alongside engineers.\nThis is a highly hands-on engineering role where you will own significant technical areas end-to-end and drive measurable improvements to the agility, reliability, and automation of Microsoft cloud services.\nMicrosoft’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.\nResponsibilities\nDesign, implement, test, and operate reliable, scalable, and maintainable services for large-scale cloud deployment and engineering systems.\n\nOwn significant features and technical areas end-to-end, from architecture and implementation through production rollout and Live Site support.\n\nHelp redesign deployment capabilities for both humans and AI agents as first-class participants, including APIs, automation interfaces, observability, and appropriate safety mechanisms.\n\nApply AI and agent technologies as a core engineering approach to automate deployment, validation, troubleshooting, mitigation, and other operational workflows.\n\nBuild systems that enable AI agents to safely interact with deployment infrastructure, reason over operational signals, execute actions, and collaborate with humans or other agents.\n\nDiagnose complex distributed-system and production issues, identify systemic root causes, and implement durable engineering solutions.\n\nUse metrics, telemetry, and data to continuously improve deployment velocity, reliability, quality, and engineering effectiveness.\n\nCollaborate across teams to understand dependencies, define interfaces, and deliver solutions spanning multiple services and technologies.\n\nDrive high engineering standards through design reviews, code reviews, testing, security, observability, and operational readiness.\n\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor'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.\nOther Requirements:\nAbility 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:\nMicrosoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nMaster'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 PythonOR Bachelor'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\nOR equivalent experience. \n\nSolid understanding of data structures, algorithms, software architecture, and engineering fundamentals.\nExperience designing, developing, and operating distributed systems, cloud services, or large-scale backend platforms.\nSolid debugging and problem-solving skills, including diagnosing complex production issues across system boundaries.\nDemonstrated ability to independently drive significant technical projects from design through implementation and production.\nExperience using or building with AI/LLM and agent technologies, or demonstrated ability to rapidly apply these technologies to real-world engineering problems.\nAbility to think beyond traditional human-driven workflows and design systems and interfaces that can be safely consumed and operated by both humans and autonomous agents.\nSolid communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering teams.\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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