Azure is building accelerated supercomputers at unforeseen scales to facilitate the massive computational demands of the world’s leading HPC workflows in areas including computational science and artificial intelligence. Microsoft’s Eagle cluster, a GPU-accelerated supercomputer, is a noteworthy example achieving the coveted #3 and #2 ranks in Top500 and MLPerf benchmarks respectively.

The Azure HPC team is looking for a senior software engineer with deep experience contributing to open-source programming environments (compilers, communication libraries, runtimes, and developer tools), working with open-source communities, and architecting developer toolchains. This engineer will collaborate closely with the HPC workflow and application professionals to architect, build, and tune a complete open-source programming environment for some of the world’s largest supercomputers. This engineer will also work closely with customers and partners to help get the best performance possible out of applications built with open-source tools.

Why Join Us?

• Impactful Work: Contribute to the development tools that enable cutting-edge scientific workflows that move the needle on both fundamental and applied scientific research.
• Professional Growth: Access to continuous learning opportunities and career advancement.
• Collaborative Environment: Work with a dedicated and supportive team passionate about supercomputing, performance, and scientific workflows.
  
  

We are looking for a customer-focused engineer who is passionate about quality, compilers and developer tools, open-source software, and enjoys digging into technical problems. You will join a phenomenal team of hardworking engineers and researchers with deep experience in high performance computing, performance and benchmarking, developer software, and scientific computing.

The Following Values Drive Us

• Drive for Results: We’re here to build great products. We take on whatever work is right for the product and strive for the best possible results.
• Modesty and Adaptability: The right answer is more important than being right. We search for solutions as a team, adapt quickly and value transparent and open feedback.
  
  

Your mission will be to ensure that Azure Supercomputers are the best platforms for developing, tuning, and running HPC applications!

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.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates open-source programming environment software for HPC applications (e.g., compilers, runtimes, communication libraries, developer tools).
• Architects end-to-end developer toolchains for HPC applications. Ensures all components of the stack work together seamlessly and are tuned to perform well on Azure supercomputers.
• Works with customers and users to understand and meet their requirements for an HPC programming environment.
• Contributes to and improves open-source programming environment software, with a focus on features and optimizations for HPC and cloud-based workflows.
• Make recommendations to the Azure HPC software team about new products or features that could improve the performance and development experience for large-scale scientific applications and workflows.
• Ensures resolution of problems and controversial or difficult technical issues by working with other employees, departments, architects, software developers, and product/program managers.
• Other
• Embody our Culture and Values
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of experience contributing to open-source software and working with open-source communities
• 2+ years developing compilers or related software (runtimes, communication libraries, development tools).
  

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

• 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, C++, or Python
• OR Master'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++, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• Exposure to Cloud Computing, Virtualization and Container Technologies
• 1+ years of experience with HPC environments and systems.
• Previous experience developing scientific applications and workflows for supercomputers.
  

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 September 29, 2024.

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