Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft's Azure Edge + Platform team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Observability Platform and Experience engineering team. This role is part of a >$1B business that processes over 1000PB of logs daily and tracks over 100 billion active metrics.

You'll be working on the telemetry ingestion pipeline, designing and implementing features to support customer requirements while improving service quality and reliability. The pipeline supports major Microsoft products including Windows, Office, Xbox, and Minecraft, as well as external customers.

The position offers an opportunity to work on planetary-scale services within Azure Monitor's product family, which includes Log Analytics, Application Insights, Container Insights, and Hosted Prometheus. The team's mission is to enable autonomous, integrated systems infused with AI/ML to proactively measure, monitor, detect, alert, diagnose, and mitigate health issues before impacting customers.

This hybrid role offers up to 50% work from home flexibility and is based in Redmond, WA. The compensation package includes a competitive salary range of $117,200 - $229,200, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth. You'll be part of Microsoft's inclusive culture that emphasizes respect, integrity, and accountability.

The ideal candidate will have strong distributed systems experience, cloud platform knowledge, and expertise in languages like C#, Java, or Python. You'll need to demonstrate both technical excellence and leadership abilities, as mentoring other developers is part of the role. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior engineer passionate about building high-scale, reliable systems and working with cutting-edge observability technologies.