Sr Software Engineer Azure & Microsoft Cloud

Leggett & Platt is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Azure & Microsoft Cloud to join our engineering team at the IDEA Center in Lenexa Kansas. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a close-knit team in a global this role you will design build and operate application services on the Microsoft Azure platform balancing hands-on software development with cloud architecture identity and containerization responsibilities. We are looking for a highly collaborative engineer who writes high-quality code understands the Azure ecosystem deeply mentors others and communicates technical tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Design develop and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using C#/.NET and Python deployed on Microsoft Azure.
• Architect cloud-native application components that integrate with Azure platform services such as Azure App Service Azure Functions Azure SQL Database and Storage.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization using Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) including app registrations RBAC and managed identities.
• Design and consume RESTful APIs applying secure integration patterns (OAuth2/OpenID Connect) across internal and external services.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps to automate build test and deployment across development staging and production environments.
• Contribute to containerization efforts packaging services with Docker and supporting deployment to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) or Azure Container Apps.
• Partner with cloud/infrastructure engineering on networking environment configuration and deployment practices that keep application and platform concerns aligned.
• Instrument applications for observability using Azure Monitor Log Analytics and Application Insights and lead troubleshooting of production issues.
• Participate in architecture and design discussions weighing scalability security cost and maintainability tradeoffs.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor other engineers sharing patterns and practices that raise the teams overall engineering quality.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product QA and business stakeholders translating technical decisions into terms non-technical partners can act on.
• Evaluate and help integrate AI-assisted development and Azure AI tooling to improve delivery speed and code quality.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Technology or related field.
• 5 years of professional software development experience including meaningful hands-on experience building and deploying applications on Microsoft Azure.
• Strong proficiency in C# and/or Python for backend or service-oriented development.
• Solid understanding of core Azure services: App Service Functions Azure SQL Database Storage and messaging services such as Service Bus or Event Grid.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD): authentication/authorization flows app registrations RBAC and managed identities.
• Experience designing and securing RESTful APIs including OAuth2/OpenID Connect-based authentication patterns.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines ideally Azure DevOps including multi-stage builds and release approvals.
• Familiarity with containerization concepts (Docker) and exposure to orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or Azure Container Apps.
• Proficiency with Git-based version control and Agile/Scrum delivery practices.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills spanning both application code and cloud infrastructure.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor other engineers and elevate engineering practices through code review and knowledge sharing.

• Production experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) or Azure Container Apps for containerized workload deployment.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Bicep ARM templates or Terraform).
• Familiarity with Azure API Management for securing and managing APIs at scale.
• Exposure to Azure AI services (Azure OpenAI Azure Cognitive Services Azure Machine Learning) or AI-assisted development workflows.
• Experience with GitOps deployment workflows (Flux or ArgoCD) for Kubernetes-based environments.
• Relevant Microsoft certifications such as AZ-104 AZ-204 AZ-400 or AZ-305.
• Knowledge of Azure security fundamentals beyond the basics: Key Vault Defender for Cloud Azure Policy.
• Experience with test automation and TDD/BDD practices.
• Background in performance tuning or cost optimization (FinOps) for cloud-hosted applications.
• Prior experience acting as a technical point of contact or informal team lead on a project without formal management responsibility.

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