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Software Engineer II- Azure Container Upstream

Microsoft
United States, Texas, Irving
7000 State Highway 161 (Show on map)
Oct 19, 2025
OverviewInterested in working on cloud-native open-source at a leading hyper-scale cloud? Passionate about distributed systems and building high-scale services? Azure is looking for engineers with knowledge and interest in building the next generation of cloud native solutions in Kubernetes. You can help build the future of cloud-native compute not only at Microsoft, but also in the wider open-source community!As a Software Engineer II - Azure Container Upstream on the Azure Core team, you will be responsible for designing, building, and deploying cloud-native solutions. You will be collaborating with other engineers to create designs and getting buy-in from the rest of the company and the CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) community. This position requires collaboration across team and organizational boundaries in addition to expertise with cloud-native networking fundamentals.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. ResponsibilitiesPartner with product managers, business stakeholders, and users to understand user pain points deeply and create innovative solutions that delight your customers in an agile development environment.Passionate about distributed systems and building high-scale services.Enjoy new technological challenges and excels at solving them.Strive for excellence in everything you do: culture, collaboration, process, tools, design, engineering practices, customer experience, performance, security etc.Contributing to cloud-native networking projects such as Kubernetes sig-network, Istio, Envoy, etc.