The Azure Compute team builds a fault-tolerant, distributed system on top of commodity datacenter hardware to deliver infrastructure for hosting cloud applications in virtual machines (VMs). The team creates the illusion that resources are limitless, infinitely elastic, and always available.

This role is in the Availability Platform team within Azure Compute, which focuses on ensuring every Azure VM achieves an SLA of 99.99+%. Achieving and exceeding this target requires out-of-the-box thinking, backed by sound data-driven decisions and intelligent automation. The team owns services that monitor the health of millions of Azure machines and the control plane services that make all repair decisions in Azure. We leverage AI and machine learning to build predictive failure models that proactively live-migrate VMs before failures occur, minimizing customer impact and improving platform resilience.
We are also exploring the use of generative AI to enhance diagnostics, automate root cause analysis, and accelerate incident resolution. Our collaboration with data scientists and AI researchers enables us to continuously evolve our platform with smarter, self-healing capabilities. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join a talented team that invests in people and technology for the long term. We emphasize comprehensive designs, incremental development with high quality, frequent shipping, and rapid adaptation to customer feedback. Join us in pushing the boundaries of scale, reliability, availability, and efficiency—while integrating cutting-edge AI to redefine cloud infrastructure. If you want hands-on experience with services architecture at hyperscale, this is the role for you.
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