Do you want to be part of a cloud platform that powers mission-critical automation for enterprises worldwide? Do you want to help design and build the service that orchestrates millions of secure jobs daily across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, managing everything from datacenter operations to business-critical customer workflows? Do you thrive on solving deeply technical distributed systems challenges while working across full-stack scenarios—from control plane APIs, service fabric, and hybrid agents, to customer experiences and AI-driven copilots? Do you want the opportunity to influence the roadmap and vision of a core Azure service that underpins some of the most critical workloads across Microsoft and its customers? Azure Automation is a cloud service that enables organizations to simplify, secure, and scale their IT operations. It provides hybrid job orchestration, configuration management, and process automation across Azure, on-premises, and multi-cloud environments. 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 **Responsibilities** + Design and build scalable, secure, and resilient components of the Azure Automation service, enabling customers to automate IT and business operations across cloud and hybrid environments. + Develop APIs, services, and tooling that orchestrate millions of automation jobs reliably while meeting strict performance and availability SLAs. + Collaborate with partner Azure services to deliver seamless integration scenarios for customers. + Contribute to hybrid capabilities, including the Hybrid Runbook Worker, ensuring consistent automation across on-premises datacenters and multi-cloud deployments. + Leverage AI and intelligent automation to enhance customer experiences and deliver next-generation management solutions. + Implement telemetry, monitoring, and diagnostics to ensure observability, proactive issue detection, and continuous service improvement. + Work in an agile, customer-focused team, participating in design reviews, code reviews, and driving high-quality engineering practices. + Influence the roadmap and vision by contributing technical insights and collaborating across global engineering teams. **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications:** + Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR equivalent experience. **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:** + Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science + OR related technical field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, OR Python + OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR equivalent experience. + 1+ year (s) experience collaborating with peers and partner teams to achieve joint engineering goals. + 1+ year (s) experience in coding, debugging, algorithm design, and solving technical problems. + 1+ year(s) experience with cloud-scale services, server/service management, and adapting to new systems and methodologies. \#azurecorejobs Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .