Senior Azure Engineer

Specialty Building Products is currently looking for a Senior Azure Engineer to join our VALUES based organization. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, building, and delivering secure, high-performing microservices and front-end applications. This is a hands‑on engineering role that emphasizes execution and delivery, while also contributing to architecture/design discussions and mentoring other developers.

The engineer will collaborate with product managers, UI/UX designers, engineers, and data scientists to understand business needs, identify challenges, and build scalable applications that align with SBP’s operational and strategic objectives using modern technologies and best practices.

• Reposition Architect toward enterprise oversight (less day-to-day engineering)
• Clarify AI expectations to architecture integration + governance (not model building)
• Introduce consulting preference for Principal Cloud Engineer without diluting engineering rigor
• Preserve Azure/Microsoft identity while maintaining enterprise transformation posture
• Design and implement SBP’s microservices and front-end applications, ensuring scalability, performance, and security.
• Develop applications using React/Type Script, Python, FastAPI, and SQL Server.
• Leverage Azure services including App Services, Functions, Storage (Blob, Table, Queue), Key Vault, Service Bus, API Management, and Application Insights.
• Apply source control practices, CI/CD pipelines, and backlog management using Azure Dev Ops, while participating in code reviews to enforce best practices and maintain high-quality code.
• Embed requirements such as security, performance, scalability, and maintainability into designs and implementations.
• Lead debugging and issue resolution, analyzing complex problems across the stack, driving root‑cause analysis, and implementing fixes.
• Contribute technical input to scoping, feasibility assessments, and delivery planning.
• Collaborate with business analysts and department leads to align technical solutions with SBP’s operational and strategic objectives across distribution, sales, and merchandising.
• Champion software best practices by enforcing coding standards, testing, and observability; mentor other developers to raise team capability.

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience developing applications using Python and React.
• Strong experience building and supporting solutions using Microsoft SQL Server, including advanced stored procedures and performance tuning.
• Experience with Azure Dev Ops for source control, CI/CD pipelines, and backlog management
• Proficiency with Microsoft Azure and experience working with key services:
  • Azure App Services (Web Apps)
  • Azure Functions
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Key Vault
  • Azure Storage (Blob, Table, Queue)
  • Application Insights
  • Azure API Management
  • Azure Service Bus
• Solid understanding of software development best practices and the Microsoft development stack.
• Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and third‑party services.
• Knowledge of Azure identity and access management (e.g., Okta/Auth0, Azure AD/Entra, MSAL).

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Exposure to containerization technologies like Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Experience working in a Dev Sec Ops  environment or applying security best practices in cloud‑based solutions.
• Experience building rules engines that encapsulate business policies and decision logic separate from application code.
• Experience with .NET / C# development.
• Exposure to Generative AI‑enabled approaches to software development (e.g., leveraging LLMs for code generation, testing support, or developer productivity).

Specialty Building Products is the leading distributor of specialty building products in North America. SBP operates under the brands U.S. LUMBER, Alexandria Moulding, REEB Millwork, DW Distribution, Millwork Sales and Amerhart. We serve 45 states in the U.S. and 8 provinces in Canada from over 40 locations. Here at SBP we are a people first organization, our team is built upon strong culture and standards for success.

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