Software Engineer - Azure Networking

Come build community, explore your passions, and do your best work at Microsoft. This opportunity allows you to bring your aspirations, talent, and excitement for the journey ahead while contributing to technology that operates at global scale.At Microsoft, we are learnitalls rather than knowitalls. Our culture embraces a growth mindset, inspires excellence, and empowers teams to bring their best each day. If you thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, you'll feel right at home.

As a Software Engineer on the Azure Networking team, you will help build and operate the softwaredefined network (SDN) infrastructure that powers Microsoft's largest cloud services-including Azure, Bing, Office 365, Xbox Live, and more. Azure Networking's mission is to deliver secure, scalable, and highperformance connectivity across global datacenters, edge nodes, and hybrid environments.

You'll develop backend and systemlevel software that underpins services such as virtual networking, load balancing, network routing, network security, hybrid connectivity, and global edge delivery. Azure's network stretches across 175,000+ miles of terrestrial and subsea fiber, 190+ Points of Presence, and a massive portfolio of SDN and cloudnative services. Your work will help ensure the network remains reliable, performant, and resilient for millions of customers worldwide.

In this role, you'll collaborate with stakeholders to define customer requirements, integrate feedback into designs, and develop maintainable, extensible code that supports largescale distributed systems. You'll use debugging tools, logs, and advanced telemetry to proactively identify and resolve issues-learning how the world's largest cloud network is designed, optimized, and secured.

This opportunity provides exposure to network virtualization, cloudnative networking, SDN platforms, telemetry systems, and key Azure services such as VNet, ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Front Door, and Application Gateway. You'll grow your expertise in networking concepts like TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, and segment routing, all while ensuring solutions meet high standards for performance, security, reliability, and accessibility.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive.

• Come build community, explore your passions, and do your best work at Microsoft. This opportunity allows you to bring your aspirations, talent, and excitement for the journey ahead while contributing to technology that operates at global scale.
• At Microsoft, we are learnitalls rather than knowitalls. Our culture embraces a growth mindset, inspires excellence, and empowers teams to bring their best each day. If you thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, you'll feel right at home.
• As a Software Engineer on the Azure Networking team, you will help build and operate the softwaredefined network (SDN) infrastructure that powers Microsoft's largest cloud services-including Azure, Bing, Office 365, Xbox Live, and more. Azure Networking's mission is to deliver secure, scalable, and highperformance connectivity across global datacenters, edge nodes, and hybrid environments.
• You'll develop backend and systemlevel software that underpins services such as virtual networking, load balancing, network routing, network security, hybrid connectivity, and global edge delivery. Azure's network stretches across 175,000+ miles of terrestrial and subsea fiber, 190+ Points of Presence, and a massive portfolio of SDN and cloudnative services. Your work will help ensure the network remains reliable, performant, and resilient for millions of customers worldwide.
• In this role, you'll collaborate with stakeholders to define customer requirements, integrate feedback into designs, and develop maintainable, extensible code that supports largescale distributed systems. You'll use debugging tools, logs, and advanced telemetry to proactively identify and resolve issues-learning how the world's largest cloud network is designed, optimized, and secured.
• This opportunity provides exposure to network virtualization, cloudnative networking, SDN platforms, telemetry systems, and key Azure services such as VNet, ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Front Door, and Application Gateway. You'll grow your expertise in networking concepts like TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, and segment routing, all while ensuring solutions meet high standards for performance, security, reliability, and accessibility.
• Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Python, or Rust,
  • OR equivalent experience.

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Python, or Rust,
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 1+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Python, or Rust,
  • OR equivalent experience.
  • Academic or professional experience with cloud computing, distributed systems, and/or systems programming, including familiarity with Linux or Windows environments.
• Experience in computer networking, distributed systems, and/or cloud infrastructure, with familiarity in fundamentals such as TCP/IP, routing, and/or network protocols.
• Exposure to systemsoriented and/or backend development.
• Understanding of core computer science concepts, including data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and/or networking, and experience using tools like Git, debuggers, and/or telemetry/monitoring systems.
• Interest in largescale networking, softwaredefined networking (SDN), network virtualization, cloudnative architecture, and building secure, reliable network services.