FULL_TIME
2-5
Software Engineering II
11/26/2025
Participate in monitoring and troubleshooting efforts, helping investigate OS health, performance, and deployment issues across the fleet. Collaborate with open-source communities to develop necessary features and support the integration of next-generation Linux OS technologies.
Working Hours
40 hours/week
Company Size
10,001+ employees
Language
English
Visa Sponsorship
No
About The Company
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Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.
About the Role
Participate in monitoring and troubleshooting efforts, helping investigate OS health, performance, and deployment issues across the fleet. Submit and review code changes for OS components. Support the integration of next-generation Linux OS technologies and assist in enabling new datacenter hardware. Collaborate with open-source communities to develop necessary features Build expertise in Linux internals, system software, and cloud infrastructure Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Rust, or Python. 1+ year of experience in systems programming in Linux. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science OR related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Rust, or Python. OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Rust, or Python. OR equivalent experience. 1+ years experience with systemd, portable services and/or container runtimes 1+ years experience with contributing to open-source projects, especially in the Linux ecosystem with debugging skills, including use of tools such as strace, perf, gdb, or similar. 1+ years experience with large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or hyperscale datacenter environments.
Key Skills
Linux InternalsSystem SoftwareCloud InfrastructureCC++C#JavaRustPythonSystems ProgrammingSystemdContainer RuntimesOpen-Source ContributionsDebugging SkillsDistributed SystemsHyperscale Datacenter
Categories
TechnologyEngineeringSoftware
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