Microsoft · 8 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is expanding its Azure Core team to support the next generation of artificial intelligence workloads. The Principal Software Engineer will design and deploy agents for Azure's host networking infrastructure, contributing to high-performance networking and developing servicing software for Network Interface Cards.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Enterprise SoftwareCloud ComputingCyber SecuritySoftwareProfessional ServicesInformation TechnologyAgentic AIApplication Performance ManagementBusiness DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesManagement Information SystemsNetwork Security
Responsibilities
Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario
Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform
Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI)
Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items
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
Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale
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, Rust, C++, or Python OR equivalent experience
6+ years of experience working in low level systems development (Ex. networking, drivers, etc.)
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, Rust, C++, OR Python OR equivalent experience
Master'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++, OR Python OR equivalent experience
1+ year(s) experience with virtualization and networking technologies, including: Hyper-V, Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), VMware, and Network Interface Card (NIC) hardware offloads
Microservices, service-oriented architecture, and distributed systems
Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices
1+ year(s) experience designing scalable systems with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability in cloud environments
Company
Microsoft
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