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Principal Software Engineer - Azure Storage

Microsoft

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Full-Time
Posted Sep 15, 2025
3 days / week in-office

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About the role

Storage, the core of Microsoft's Azure Cloud, provides 10 exabytes of capacity across 50 regions, 100+ data centers, and over 1000 storage clusters. It powers millions of virtual machines, holds millions of hours of video, billions of photos, and vast amounts of analytics data.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test and support features, experiences and solutions for highly scalable services.
  • Develop high quality secure and compliant solutions.
  • Support highly available services used by millions of users on a daily basis.
  • Provide technical leadership across multiple projects, aligning engineering priorities with business objectives and driving measurable impact through innovation and execution excellence.
  • Infuse AIOps practices to drive productivity, operational excellence, observability, incident detection, accurate root-cause analysis and mitigation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years developing production software.
  • 5+ years of system design, algorithmic skills, and data structures experience.
  • 5+ years of debugging, testing, and problem-solving skills.
  • 5+ years of proficiency working cross teams and collaborating with partners.

Benefits

  • Industry leading healthcare
  • Educational resources
  • Discounts on products and services
  • Savings and investments
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Generous time away
  • Giving programs
  • Opportunities to network and connect

About the Company

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Job Details

Salary Range

Salary not disclosed

Location

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Employment Type

Full-Time

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