Are you passionate about solving deep technical challenges that are foundational to Microsoft’s and Azure’s future? Do you aspire to build cloud-scale services that empower billions of users and drive multi-billion-dollar businesses? If so, consider joining the Azure Compute Platform team.
Ready to apply for roles like this?
Unlock the company name and direct application link. Subscribers get instant access to fresh jobs across Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, many with visa support.
Unlock employer & apply directly
Azure Compute is the backbone of Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure, orchestrating end-to-end customer scenarios across millions of servers in data centers worldwide. We transform this global infrastructure into flexible, reliable, and scalable compute capacity—enabling everything from startups to the world’s largest enterprises to innovate and thrive in the cloud.
As part of Azure Core Compute, you’ll contribute to the platform that powers every application running on Azure. Whether it’s enabling elastic compute, optimizing performance, or ensuring reliability at scale, your work will shape the future of cloud computing and redefine what’s possible for our customers.
We are a team that values curiosity, collaboration, and continuous learning. We work across boundaries to deliver seamless experiences and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work. If you’re a technically strong, growth-minded engineer who thrives on solving complex problems and making a global impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
- Build solutions to improve the resiliency and reliability of the Azure platform and ensure high availability to our customers.
- Design and build resilient, scalable systems that enhance the reliability and availability of the Azure platform.
- Apply distributed systems principles to solve complex engineering challenges with simplicity and clarity.
- Collaborate across teams and disciplines to deliver end-to-end solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers.
- Develop and maintain automation for monitoring, failover, and recovery processes.
- Participate in on-call rotations, lead incident response, and drive root cause analysis and long-term improvements.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
- A bachelor's (or higher) degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, or equivalent experience.
- Experience in building, shipping, and operating reliable, distributed systems software.
- Experience developing software hosted in Azure, AWS, or other similar cloud platforms.
- Demonstrated problem-solving and debugging skills.
Other Qualifications:
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- 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.
Work Conditions:
- Remote work position.
- Participation in on-call rotations.
Language Requirements:
No specific language requirements mentioned.
Additional Information:
- Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment.
- Relocation will not be supported.
- If assistance or a reasonable accommodation is needed during the application process due to a disability, please request accommodations accordingly.
