Software Engineer

Overview

Are you passionate about building world-class web experiences that make complex cloud-native technologies simple and intuitive? Do you want to be at the forefront of Kubernetes innovation and shape how developers and platform teams use Azure every day? We are the Azure Portal Cloud Native Experiences team, and we’re looking for talented engineers to join us in creating the next generation of developer and operator experiences in Azure. Our team owns the portal experiences for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager, and AKS Automatic, empowering customers to easily build, manage, and scale Kubernetes clusters across environments and regions. We also design and deliver skills and tools for Copilot in Azure and GitHub Copilot, bringing AI-powered automation, intelligent recommendations, and actionable insights directly into the customer workflow. By blending powerful cloud-native capabilities with seamless user experience (UX), we help customers accelerate innovation, optimize workloads, and operate Kubernetes with confidence. Azure Portal Cloud Native Experiences are used by customers worldwide, powering some of the largest workloads on Azure. If you’re excited to push the boundaries of cloud UX, shape the future of Kubernetes at scale, and build experiences that impact millions of users, this is the team for you. 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.

Responsibilities of a Software Engineer

• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature.
• Supports identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product feature with oversight.
• With guidance, learns to create and implement code for a product, service, or feature reusing code as applicable.
• Assists and learns about breaking down work items into tasks and provides estimation.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) in monitoring system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions for simple problems, and recommends actions to restore system/product/service by following the playbook.
• Reviews current developments and proactively seeks new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python - OR equivalent experience.
• Professional web development experience.
• Expertise with the latest techniques building web apps and services using HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Knockout, React & Redux.
• Experience with frameworks like Knockout.js, TypeScript & React, and technologies like JSON, AJAX, and Git.
• Dedication and passion for scenario/unit testing; we use Jenkins, Selenium, and Mocha/Chai at cloud-scale.

Other Requirements:

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency building engaging user experiences.
• A goal to work on a state of the art product and take on interesting problems every single day.
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with Kubernetes and multi-cluster/multi-scale Kubernetes management.
• Experience with AI/ML systems and familiarity with building or integrating solutions using large language models (LLMs).

Key skills/competency

• Kubernetes
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Web Development
• JavaScript
• React
• Redux
• HTML5
• CSS
• Cloud-Native
• User Experience (UX)