Sub-Saharan AfricaAre you driven by the challenge of enhancing container software supply chain security across a broad spectrum of teams, organizations, and open-source communities? Do you thrive in agile environments where innovation and customer satisfaction are at the forefront? We are on the lookout for software engineers to lead the technical development of state-of-the-art software supply chain security products at Azure.Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan AfricaAs a Sub-Saharan AfricaSoftware Engineer II / or Senior Engineer (DevTools),Sub-Saharan Africa you will be responsible for designing and building products and solutions for strengthening the software secure supply chain security in the cloud-native ecosystem. You will be collaborating with other engineers to create designs and getting buy-in from the rest of the company and open-source communities like Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). This position requires strong collaboration across team and organizational boundaries.Sub-Saharan Africa

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Sub-Saharan AfricaResponsibilitiesSub-Saharan Africa

• Sub-Saharan AfricaPartner with product managers, business stakeholders, and users to understand user pain points deeply and create innovative solutions that delight your customers in an agile development environment.Sub-Saharan Africa
• Sub-Saharan AfricaCollaborate across teams and disciplines to deliver high-quality, high-impact customer-facing products and features.Sub-Saharan Africa
• Sub-Saharan AfricaEnjoys new technological challenges and excels at solving them.Sub-Saharan Africa
• Sub-Saharan AfricaStrive for excellence in everything you do: culture, collaboration, process, tools, design, engineering practices, customer experience, performance, and security.Sub-Saharan Africa
• Sub-Saharan AfricaWork across teams, organizations, companies, and open-source communities to lead technical development of software supply chain security products.
  
  

Sub-Saharan AfricaQualificationsSub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan AfricaRequired Qualifications:Sub-Saharan Africa

• Sub-Saharan AfricaYou have at least 4 - 5 years + experience working at high-paced environment in a software engineering role, more if seeking a senior level
• Sub-Saharan Africa4 -5 years min technical engineering experience and proficency coding in at least one language including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Golang, JavaScript, or Python, more if seeking a senior level
• Sub-Saharan AfricaProven experience working with containers, container security and software secure supply chain ecosystem (ideally over 3 years)
• Sub-Saharan AfricaDesire to work in open-source, communicating with both team members and open-source contributors asynchronously via GitHub, Slack, and regular community meetings on Zoom.Sub-Saharan Africa
• Sub-Saharan AfricaBachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field OR equivalent experience / courses
• Sub-Saharan AfricaExcellent communications skills and ability to work collaboratively across several teams and excellent problem-solving skills with ability to quickly adapt to new technology and go deep.
• Sub-Saharan AfricaSolve problems by always leading with deep passion and empathy for customersSub-Saharan Africa
  
  

Sub-Saharan AfricaBy applying for this role, you will be considered for additional roles with similar qualifications.Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan AfricaPreferred QualificationsSub-Saharan Africa

• Sub-Saharan AfricaExperience writing Golang applications.
• Sub-Saharan AfricaExperience with containers, container security and software secure supply chain ecosystem.
• Sub-Saharan AfricaExperience working with software build systems like GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines or others.
• Sub-Saharan AfricaExperience working with software supply chain security build attestations, such as SBOMs and provenance, is a plus.
• Sub-Saharan AfricaExperience with one or more Linux packaging solutions (such as apt, apk, yum, or others) are a plus.
• Sub-Saharan AfricaExperience with dependabot or other dependency management systems is a plus.
• Sub-Saharan AfricaHave a proven track record of remote work and ideally, experience contributing to open-source projects.
• Sub-Saharan AfricaStrong ability to collaborate effectively and respectfully with external contributors. Our projects are not “Microsoft only”. We assist external contributors in the hopes of encouraging them to contribute to our designs and eventually become project maintainers themselves.
  
  

Sub-Saharan AfricaOther RequirementsSub-Saharan Africa

• Sub-Saharan AfricaAbility 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:
• Sub-Saharan AfricaMicrosoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.Sub-Saharan Africa
  

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