Senior Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly
Core
Build, debug, and maintain large-scale distributed services with a focus on production reliability, incident response, and telemetry-driven improvements.
Role type
Senior Software Engineer (SRE/Reliability)
Builds
Live site services, debugging tools, telemetry dashboards, and standardized scalable solutions (via careerplan.io/jobs/1970393556860704-senior-software-engineer-ctj-poly-at-microsoft)
Domain
Cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, security-critical government services
Required skills
debugging, log analysis, telemetry integration, incident response, root cause analysis, tool development, code review, postmortem writing, SLA management, data analytics, software design
Preferred skills
open source utilization, cross-functional collaboration, best practice sharing, mentorship
Technologies
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python
Responsibilities
Apply debugging tools and examine logs/telemetry to verify assumptions; conduct retrospective debugging to identify root causes; maintain live service on an on-call rotational basis; implement solutions for complex performance/functionality issues; review and write postmortems; act as DRI to guide engineers and monitor for degradation; drive efforts to reduce incident volume and integrate instrumentation; collect and analyze metrics to refine products; build and enhance developer tools; define and develop standardized, repeatable, scalable solutions
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
