Software Engineer - Azure HPC/AI Software

Azure HPC/AI Software team is expanding our talented team of developers in Dublin. Our software backs some of the world’s largest and most critical workloads for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC). Computational demand driven by artificial intelligence and other simulations is growing exponentially and we’re building products to service this demand with access to the latest hardware, networking, and storage technologies. You will work with a team of experts in distributed systems, machine learning, and cloud computing to deliver secure, innovative, and scalable products that enable customers to run their most demanding applications on Azure. 
 
As a member of our extended development and support team in Azure HPC/AI, you will work closely with other developers and industry experts around the world to help build a secure, reliable, scalable, and flexible platform to meet the technical computing challenges of HPC and AI workloads and help set the standards for this critical technology space. 
 
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Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND several years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated technical experience in cloud computng, distributed systems, and/or high-performance computing (HPC) systems.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining high service reliability and availability for a production service or distributed system.
• Flexibility in schedule to accommodate working with team members and customers across multiple time zones.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure and/or other cloud technologies.
• Experience with Linux, containers, and related cloud-native open-source technologies.
• Experience with high-performance computing workloads and/or job schedulers.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals.

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

• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
• Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.
• Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
• Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.
• Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.