Microsoft · 13 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Principal Software Engineer for their Azure High Performance Computing & AI Engineering team. The role involves designing and developing high volume low latency telemetry pipelines and engaging with strategic customers to improve product features and capabilities in AI and high-performance computing.
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Responsibilities
Architect, design and develop high volume low latency end to end event pipelines that can provide first-to-know-insights on events causing job interrupts and job reliability
Conduct analysis of existing event pipelines to evaluate fidelity, granularity and latency of critical events
Contribute to improving key metrics such as Job Mean Time to Interrupt, Nodes in Service, Mean Time to Resolve on flagship supercomputers by enabling data scientists and domain experts to use the telemetry to identify events & issues at the intersection of datacenter and hardware, develop hypothesis, conduct A/B tests and synthesize results
Partner with cross organizational teams to evaluate available telemetry and latency drive architecture, design, development and deployment of end-to-end solutions to manage core infrastructure including current & next generation datacenter, IT hardware, power & cooling technologies
Drive engineering and operational excellence based on issues and learnings from strategic customers on their usage scenarios to improve product features and capabilities
Partner with teams on continuous learning and continuous improvement programs by leading the resolution of complex incidents, driving root cause analyses and championing initiatives to minimize future customer impact
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
5+ years hands on experience designing and developing high volume low latency pipelines using products such as AzPubSub, Event Hubs, Azure Stream Analytics, Kafka, Grafana, Event Hubs, Prometheus or equivalent products
3+ years of experience with one of AI/HPC system management OR High-Speed Networks OR HPC Storage OR managing Cloud Infrastructure
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
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science - OR related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, OR Python - OR equivalent experience
5+ years of experience in operating AI/HPC systems, developing and running AI/HPC applications on clusters, or operating Cloud Infrastructure
3+ years of experience in multiple DataCenter technologies: power, cooling, IT hardware, telemetry
Company
Microsoft
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