Site Reliability Engineer - CTJ - Poly at Microsoft

Location: Reston, Fairfax County Type: Full Time Salary: $468,164-$468,164 USD

About the role

Build the tools and systems that make M365 sovereign cloud operations faster, smarter, and more reliable. As a Software Engineer, youll write code that solves real operational challenges, from internal platforms and automation to agentic workflows that transform how we deliver and maintain services. Bring your coding skills and your drive to innovate, and help us engineer the next generation of sovereign cloud operations. The M365 Sovereign Clouds organization exists to ensure that sovereign an…

Interview process at Microsoft

Balanced - coding, design, and behavioral with equal weight. Less brutally-competitive vibe than FAANG peers but the bar is real. Team-fit matters more than at Amazon.

• Recruiter screen
• Technical phone screen (45 min, 1 coding problem)
• Full loop: 4 rounds - 2 coding, 1 design (system or component), 1 'as-appropriate' (senior manager, cross-functional)
• Team-specific chat
• Offer

Platforms used: internal loop, CodeSignal for some roles

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