Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Azure Host Networking and Hardware Acceleration team is building performant and highly reliable network in the cloud. The team has a track record of turning interesting research projects into highly successful foundational Azure offerings. We are seeking candidates who love problem solving, designing innovative new architectures, and enjoy thinking outside of the box. Join us as a Senior Software Engineer to build the fastest public cloud and make a difference to millions of people across the planet.

As a Senior Software Engineer in the Network Interface Card (NIC) and Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) team, you would be contributing from an incubation effort into production, where distributed systems meet technologies like Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), Single Root Input Output Virtualization (SRIOV), including delivering innovative RDMA solutions for AI workloads. You should have a passion for performant design, test methodologies, and enjoy working on a fast-paced team.

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 with Experience in RDMA or Hardware-Software codesign and coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  
  • OR equivalent experience.

• 3+ years experience in management of complex cross-group, cross-disciplinary software engineering.
• 3+ years experience with cloud infrastructure technologies, and leading engineering teams.

Other Requirements:

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Additional / 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, Rust, C++, Java, or Python
  
  • OR Master's OR PhD Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, Rust, C++, Java, or Python
    
  • OR equivalent experience.
    
• Technical experience with Kubernetes, computer networking, and general cloud technologies preferred.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 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 will accept applications for the role until June 21, 2024.

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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• You will lead identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• You will lead by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
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• You will hold accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
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