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Senior Software Engineer
 Microsoft | |
remote work
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 United States, Nevada, Reno | |
| 6840 Sierra Center Parkway (Show on map) | |
 Oct 02, 2025 | |
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OverviewThe Azure Core New Technology team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help develop and automate the onboarding process for new hardware platforms. This includes verifying, managing, and delivering hardware to Microsoft datacenters for Azure, High-Performance Computing, Microsoft Office, and Edge Computing products. The team operates at the intersection of software and hardware, building systems that validate, track, and manage hardware throughout its lifecycle-from arrival to retirement-while ensuring quality, security, and metadata accuracy. This work supports capacity expansion across Microsoft services and accelerates the adoption of emerging hardware technologies in the cloud.In this role, you will design and implement features that enable new technologies to be onboarded efficiently. You will collaborate with teams across Azure to understand requirements, contribute to system architecture, and deliver scalable solutions. This opportunity allows you to deepen your expertise in both software and hardware while working on impactful projects that shape the future of Microsoft Azure.The team offers a flexible work environment that includes hands-on hardware opportunities and hybrid work options. In alignment with Microsoft's values, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees can contribute meaningfully and positively influence our culture. This United States-based position supports remote work, though relocation is not provided.Microsoft'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.
ResponsibilitiesCreates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.Other * Embody our culture and values | |