Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Tooling

Microsoft is hiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Tooling to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Tooling, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a freelance, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — US (East Coast)). About the role You'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure, partnering with a friendly, distributed team across US time zones. We care about outcomes over hours and give you the autonomy, tools, and support to do your best work from home. What you'll do: • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Monitor systems and respond to incidents • Partner with engineering on scalability and security What we offer: • Competitive salary and meaningful equity • Paid parental leave • 401(k) retirement plan with company match • 100% remote, work-from-anywhere-in-the-US culture • Home office and wellness stipends How we work We're remote-first and async-friendly. Expect clear documentation, regular feedback, supportive teammates, and real opportunities to grow your career. Microsoft is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

Minimum qualifications: • 5+ years of relevant experience • On-call and incident response experience • Strong troubleshooting skills • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure Nice to have: • Familiarity with modern collaboration tools (Slack, Notion, Linear) • A track record of taking ownership and shipping independently