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Microsoft · 16 hours ago

Principal Software Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$140K/yr - $275K/yr

6+ years exp

Microsoft is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Azure Platform Performance team, focusing on enhancing Azure Boost performance for virtual machine and Bare Metal experiences. The role involves significant opportunities to influence architecture and technical direction through Linux performance analysis and optimization, collaborating across teams to deliver measurable improvements for customers.

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Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Drive improvements to performance and consistency, reduce resource usage across the stack, and improve performance predictability on Azure Boost-enabled infrastructure

Lead deep-dive investigations for top performance issues, determine root causes and drive improvements/repairs

Add and/or improve performance instrumentation and tooling for end-to-end diagnostics

Communicate findings clearly to both exec and technical audiences

Serve as Linux performance expert for escalations and investigations

Serve as technical mentor for early-in-career team members

Qualification

CC++Linux kernel developmentJavaPythonRoot-cause analysisPerformance analysisTechnical mentoring

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

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

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, C++

OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++

OR equivalent experience

4+ years of experience developing kernel-mode code for Linux

4+ years of experience with Linux kernel subsystems and core operating system concepts

4+ years of experience with root-cause analysis and driving improvements

Benefits

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Company

Microsoft

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Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

Founded in 1975

Redmond, Washington, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.microsoft.com

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$1M

Key Investors

Technology Venture Investors

2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity

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1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M

Leadership Team

Satya Nadella

Chairman and CEO

Vukani Mngxati

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