Power the world’s workloads with Azure Core
Infrastructure is at the heart of the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. It powers all kinds of applications and workloads at a global scale for customers everywhere.
We innovate to build, operate, and optimize the core infrastructure that supports millions of people every day. That core infrastructure supports all kinds of workloads, from traditional enterprise, and mission-critical, to modern workloads born in the cloud. We exist to provide the platform of choice for everyone, meeting customers where they are today and paving the way for the cloud of choice in the future.
We don’t just provide technology. We provide possibilities
Get to know the teams at Azure's core
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Azure Networking
Building the network that powers the Microsoft Cloud and beyond
The Azure Networking team develops, deploys, and operates the software and network devices that connect Microsoft’s largest cloud solutions, like Microsoft 365.
We are responsible for delivering the network quality, capacity, performance, and features needed to power all kinds of workloads.
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Azure Trusted Platform
Behind Every Cloud Is Trust
The Azure Core Trusted Platform team is committed to enabling product teams to deliver capabilities that align with customer commitments and provide transparency.
We focus on the foundational aspects of Microsoft’s cloud platform, ensuring a trustworthy, predictable, and resilient environment for internal and external customers.
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Azure Cloud Native & Management Platform
Cloud Native by Design
The Azure Cloud Native and Management Platform engineering team comprises cloud resource management, Azure Arc, Azure portal, client tools, and cloud-native computing.
This cloud-native, open-source team focuses on making Azure the best place in the world for modern, open-source applications based on containers, Kubernetes, and Linux.
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Azure Storage
From Exabyte to Zettabyte
Azure Storage builds, manages, and runs the persistent cloud storage for Azure.
Azure Storage, is a massively scalable, highly distributed, ubiquitously accessible storage system, designed to meet the needs of the world’s workloads.
As one of the foundational services for Azure, we host data from some of the largest companies in the world, plus Microsoft’s own flagship services, like Bing, Microsoft Teams, and Xbox.
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Product and Program Management
Defining Tomorrows Cloud Today.
The Azure Core Product and Program Management leads the mission of driving product excellence and outcomes.
We identify and translate business challenges into product requirements. Working in concert with all the other engineering disciplines to develop and launch products and services.
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Product design
Insightful Design, Seamless Cloud
Cloud Experiences Studio (CXS) collaborates to deliver best-in-class user experience (UX) for the Azure portal, commerce, edge, and hybrid cloud.
We craft user-centric designs for cloud management, infrastructure, core operating system (OS) services, engineering systems, service health, and much more.
Always using a listen-first approach, the design, product management, research, content design, design engineering, data science, and design operations practitioners create coherence, consistency, and clarity for customers of core Azure cloud offerings.
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We believe in a growth mindset—to always be curious, learn from one another, and experiment to try something new.
Through our organization’s quarterly, hybrid Day of Learning events, in-person learning moments, time periods reserved as no-meeting zones, and as part of daily work, we reserve time for team members to strengthen skills, develop in new areas, and invest in their career development.
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Our lives come first, and to live to our fullest, we rely on flexibility to support our individual needs at home or at the office. We believe flexibility is essential in both work and life.
Individuals and teams enjoy flexibility in deciding where to design, code, collaborate, and support customers.
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Our holistic wellbeing—physical, emotional, and financial—is how we care for our entire self.
Microsoft Perks+ program empowers employees to take wellness into their own hands. Employees are reimbursed on a wide variety of wellbeing purchases—from exercise equipment to meditation classes, to tax prep software.
Azure Core key roles
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Software Engineer
We’re Software Engineers. We plan, design, develop, and test software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products which can be used in local, networked, cloud-based, or Internet-related computer programs.
We develop software, tools, and code to be used in support of design, infrastructure, and technology platforms as well as commercial or end-user applications.
We use current programming language and technologies to write code, perform testing, and debug any issues with robust documentation, procedures for deployment, and processes for maintenance.
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Software Engineering Managers
We’re Software Engineering Managers. In addition to planning, designing, developing, and testing software systems or applications, we’re also responsible for software enhancements and new products. These can be used in various environments, including local, networked, cloud-based, and Internet-related computer programs.
We provide technical leadership and mentorship to teams of highly skilled Software Engineers. We lead by example within the team, producing code that is both extensible and maintainable.
We also lead discussions on the architecture of products and solutions. We create proposals for architecture by testing design hypotheses and assisting in refining code plans.
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Cloud Network Engineers
We’re Cloud Network Engineers. We design and develop networks and help implement them by working with internal and external teams.
We create network design documentation and resolve any issues or conflicts.
We use automated testing and validation procedures for network devices, firmware, and configurations.
We fix complex network and live site issues using automated and sustainable solutions.
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Technical Program Manager
We’re Technical Program Managers. We lead the development and implementation of products and services that involve large, complex crossfunctional teams.
We act as technical advisors with customers, evangelize products, solicit feedback, and support field sellers.
We design and drive programs and/or product changes that meet customer needs and business goals.
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Product Managers
We’re Product Managers. We define the future of products, blending deep customer insights with a strategic view of the market. We spot investment opportunities, weigh trade-offs, and steer the product roadmap.
We unite stakeholders around a shared product vision, and collaborate on key decisions.
Our expertise shapes the product features and drives toward our goals.
Involved from product conception to end-of-life, we drive organic growth and manage the product lifecycle, ensuring our products evolve to meet customer and market demands.
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Product Designers
We’re Product Designers. We create and develop design concepts and specifications that optimize the emotional and functional experience of a product, software, or service.
We focus on user-centric solutions, balancing emotional appeal with functionality.
We shape the visual and interactive facets of products, ensuring a cohesive user journey.
Collaborating with diverse teams, we integrate customer feedback into design and storytelling, driving product designs that resonate with users and stakeholders alike.
Hear what our employees say about Azure Core
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