Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Azure storage is a highly distributed, massively scalable, and ubiquitously accessible cloud storage system designed to scale out and serve the entire world. Azure storage already runs at Exascale (storing Exabytes of data) and we will be scaling our designs over the next decade to support Zettascale (storing Zettabytes of data).

As a Senior Software Engineer our development path includes designing, implementing and deploying new hardware based accelerators – utilizing the latest technologies including Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), Non Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) devices, Flash, NVDIMM and Storage Class Memory. If you have the interest and the passion to work on deploying new hardware and software solutions to enable performance and scalability at the highest levels, then Azure may have a place for you.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience 

  • OR equivalent experience.

• 4+ years experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

Other Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

    o OR equivalent experience.

• A working knowledge of storage controller technologies e.g. NVMe, SCSI, PCIe, and Windows OS (user/kernel mode, devices, virtualization, drivers).
• Experience in Azure equivalent cloud services - data explorer, portal, disks, storage & virtual machines Experience shipping & maintaining high reliability cloud storage services.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $145,800 - $238,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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• System software architecture, design & development for hardware from prototyping through to data center.
• Hardware & software deployment, failure investigation & root cause analysis.
• Performance & reliability analytics at scale for high availability customer facing cloud software & hardware.
• Automation infrastructure development for system validation & datacenter cloud services.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.
• Experience in operating system & hardware concepts (DMA, interrupts, memory management, drivers etc.).
• Debugging, troubleshooting & cross-team collaboration skills to root cause system issues.
• Proven experience shipping high reliability products to customers.