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Senior Software Engineer

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Microsoft

Software Engineering
Posted on Dec 18, 2024

Senior Software Engineer

Redmond, Washington, United States

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Date posted
Dec 17, 2024
Job number
1793782
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Software Engineering
Discipline
Software Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

The Azure Core Storage team is responsible for delivering the Storage Virtualization platform to Azure Virtual Machines (VMs). Our stack handles trillions of IOs every day from Azure VMs and runs in 100s of datacenters and 1000+ Clusters. We own the whole software stack on Azure Host responsible for handling VM IOs, various caches, Throttles, Quality Of Service (QoS) for Azure VMs, various transports layers, encryption of data in transit and at rest.


As a Senior Software Engineer in our team, you will design and implement software components to enable and optimize the storage solutions in Azure fleet. The software components you deliver include device drivers and system software, installation and diagnostic tools, libraries, telemetry services and comprehensive testing. You will get a chance to collaborate with developers across Microsoft, and software & hardware partners to deliver innovative technology. In this role, you will have opportunities to solve problems and exercise your skills to impact the billions of users in the Azure ecosystem.

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.

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 Rust
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years of experience in design, development, debugging, testing and problem-solving.
  • 4+ years of experience in system software, storage protocols, networking concepts and operating system internals e.g., memory management, scheduling, interrupts, threading, etc.
  • 1+ year(s) experience in periodic live service on-call.

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 Rust
    • 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 Rust
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • Experience in the design, implementation, debugging and testing of operating system drivers (kernel mode and user mode). Windows Driver and Kernel component development preferred.
  • A track record of reliable results across multiple ship cycles.

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 December 22, 2024.

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Responsibilities

  • Design and develop system software that manages storage services in Azure.
  • System design through well-defined interfaces across multiple components, code reviews, leveraging data/telemetry to make decisions.
  • Ensure that services and components are well-defined and modularized, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored, and reusable.
  • Consider testability, portability/monitoring, reliability, and maintainability, and understand when code is ready to be shared and delivered. Rapidly deploy cloud scale solutions and monitor health through telemetry.
  • Collaborate with a dynamic team of engineers, including mentoring other engineers in the workgroup. Learn and share ideas continuously.
  • Drive for quality in everything you do and continuously improve the quality of the systems on which you work.
  • 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.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.