Microsoft · 12 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company that empowers individuals and organizations worldwide. As a Principal Software Engineer on the Azure Core Storage team, you will design and implement cutting-edge software for the Storage Virtualization platform, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance for millions of customers globally.
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Responsibilities
Design and develop system software that manages storage services in Azure
Ensure that services and components are designed with appropriate telemetry and health signals to enable remote monitoring and debugging
Rapidly deploy cloud-scale solutions and monitor health through telemetry
Drive for quality in everything you do and continuously improve the quality of the systems you work on
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, C++, Rust or Python
2+ year of experience in Kernel and Driver Development on Windows/Linux
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++, Rust, or Python
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++, Rust, or Python
2+ year(s) of experience with storage interfaces and protocols, including NVMe and SCSI, as well as virtualization technologies
2+ year(s) of experience in kernel-mode development and debugging, with a focus on Windows or Linux driver environments
1+ year(s) of experience working with Azure or equivalent cloud services, such as Data Explorer, Azure Portal, Disks, Storage, and Virtual Machines, including shipping and maintaining high-reliability cloud storage services
Company
Microsoft
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