Software Engineer

Unified Data Ingestion (UDI) team is a central platform team for Identity organization responsible for distribution and processing of the logs produced by Identity services. UDI platform is a high scale distributed system processing trillions of logs per day in under 10 minutes on average. The team's focus is around ingestion latency, security and cost optimization.

• We are looking for an experienced engineer passionate about building scalable, secure, and maintainable backend services.
• The ideal candidate has a strong track record in designing reliable systems, writing clean code, and driving engineering excellence across the development lifecycle.

Responsibilities include:

• Design and implement scalable backend services and automation workflows.
• Drive engineering excellence through secure coding, robust testing, and maintainable design.
• Own end-to-end feature development, ensuring reliability, diagnosability, and customer transparency.
• Collaborate across engineering, product, and incident management teams to improve service health and operational readiness.
• Participate in on-call rotations and live site investigations, applying structured debugging and telemetry analysis. 
• Contribute to architecture discussions, design documents, and cross-team dependency management.
• Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and accessibility standards throughout the development and deployment process.
  
  

• Bachelor's/Master'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#, Scala, JavaScript, or Python OR 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Scala, JavaScript, or Python .
  
  

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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.