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Software Engineer

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Microsoft

Software Engineering
Posted on Jul 25, 2025

Software Engineer

Prague, Czech Republic

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Date posted
Jul 24, 2025
Job number
1850613
Work site
Up to 100% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Software Engineering
Discipline
Software Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

The Azure Compute platform is transforming industries and empowering individuals across the globe by delivering world-class cloud infrastructure to host services and workloads at scale. Within this platform, the Azure Holmes team is on a mission to build the world’s best platform for running critical workloads with uninterrupted availability, reliability and scalability. We are hiring experienced engineers to tackle some of the most complex and fascinating challenges in distributed systems.


As the core of the Azure cloud, the Azure Compute platform is a fault-tolerant distributed system built on commodity datacenter hardware. The Holmes team, a key part of this platform, delivers dynamic resource management capabilities that enhance customer availability and platform efficiency. Our services drive innovations such as placement reshaping, defragmentation, overbooking, and transparent maintenance—integrated through intelligent algorithms for optimal performance.

As a Software Engineer II in this role, you will design and build highly available, event-driven microservices that elevate customer experience. You will collaborate with Microsoft Research to integrate cutting-edge machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI) models, contributing to the evolution of a platform that powers mission-critical workloads at a global scale.


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

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • Proficiency with distributed systems.
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:
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.

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Responsibilities

  • 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 seek new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
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

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.