Microsoft · 1 day ago
Principal Software Engineer
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company focused on delivering cloud infrastructure and foundational technologies. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead software projects for the Automated Test Platform, contributing to the DPU Test Infrastructure and impacting Azure development.
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Responsibilities
Redesign/refactor existing Automated Test Platform to meet new standards for reliability, scalability, performance and security
Improve and maintain infrastructure that allows DPU engineers to test their code on emulators and pre-production silicon/systems
Work with engineering teams to identify future requirements for automated test platform, infrastructure, test frameworks and automation
Develop test-related tooling, frameworks, and automation that improves developer productivity
Integrate with build infra
Help DPU team move existing build infra toward Azure services and platforms while keeping existing hardware and software development making rapid progress
Qualification
Required
Bachelor'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
OR equivalent experience
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
7+ years technical engineering experience with developing Test automation systems/platforms for embedded systems
5+ years of experience with web and REST (Application Programming Interface) APIs apps
5+ years of experience working in projects related to tooling, automation and test frameworks/infrastructure, in a SWE capacity
3+ years of experience working with software build, build pipelines and processes (build and release mgmt). C/C++
2+ years of experience with embedded systems
3+ years of experience in automating infrastructure (on-prem, cloud)(infra orchestration)
3+ years of experience in monitoring&logging systems, data analytics platforms
Knowledge of Infrastructure: networking, storage, embedded systems, or operating systems (Windows, Linux)
Experience with containerized, virtualized environments. Micro-services approach
Company
Microsoft
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