Principal Software Engineer - Azure Compute

Overview

Do you love to work on the latest technologies? Are you looking to make a real difference in Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization to achieve more, with the power of cloud computing?

Do you want to work at the forefront of Cloud Computing to design, deliver & operate cloud-scale systems that are the foundation of the World’s Computer which is Azure?

Do you want to be part of a highly motivated and passionate team that works together to do what it takes for our customers to be successful while having fun and learning along the way?

Azure Core is Azures most profitable business and growing incredibly fast! We, the Azure Core Compute team in IDC, pride ourselves in working without boundaries to deliver the cloud platform capable of running any workload. And we mean ANY! Think of any large Microsoft service; Teams, Bing, Exchange, Xbox, SQL Azure, Office 365, HDInsight, COSMOS DB…. Or customers such as Accenture, Adobe, Walgreens, Walmart and the multitude of the large/medium/small shopping, banking, finance, gaming, logistics, enterprises, data analytics/management, storage services of the world. They run on infrastructure we build.

We are a fast-growing team of highly motivated engineers working on solving the next big problem in the cloud. We pride ourselves on working without boundaries and stretching the limits to deliver the next big improvement in cloud architecture, fundamentals, data center management and delivering the next big innovation in the cloud.

We are looking for a talented and experienced Principal Engineer who can solve some of the technically deepest problems in Operating Systems (Linux system) space and help us build a next gen distributed OS. This is going to be the foundational layer for the next evolution of our cloud infrastructure. We provide ample opportunities and training to learn on the job. And always love to have a fresh/diverse perspective, as we build the next gen cloud infra.

Responsibilities

• Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios.
• Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
• Leverages subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive multiple groups project plans, release plans, and work items.
• Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
• 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 and shares knowledge with other engineers.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Strong background in Linux systems, systems design, and OS fundamentals.
• Experience in host networking, network overlays, and SDN is a plus.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree with 10+ years of experience in software development and leading teams. We expect you to be the next big-idea generator in the team. Who would be willing to take risks and use fast-fail techniques. Someone who would take along a set of engineers on the journey with you, to deliver impact in a sustainable, and KPI driven manner. Deeper experience in one or more of Linux systems & OS stack, SoC architectures for accelerated networking would be a plus.
  
  

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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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