Microsoft · 16 hours ago
Senior Principal Storage Systems Engineer
United States, Texas, Austin
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$163K/yr - $296K/yr
9+ years expMicrosoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. They are seeking a Senior Principal Storage Systems Engineer to join the Strategic Planning and Architecture team within Microsoft’s Azure Hardware Systems and Infrastructure organization, focusing on optimizing storage and memory architectures for computing and AI inferencing systems.
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Responsibilities
Drive pathfinding initiatives to identify and quantify optimization opportunities across distributed and disaggregated storage and memory architectures for computing and AI inferencing systems
Conduct in-depth architectural analysis of next-generation storage technologies, leveraging a strong understanding of workloads across key Azure segments
Collaborate cross-functionally to influence technology direction and contribute to long-term strategic planning for evolving datacenter architectures
Lead architectural exploration of emerging technologies through robust proof-of-concepts (PoCs) and end-to-end prototyping, aligned with product segments and real-world usage scenarios
Partner with hardware design and software enablement teams to mature innovations from concept validation to production-ready solutions
Engage with Azure operators and customers to identify current challenges and anticipate emerging needs across the platform
Evaluate and identify promising technologies aligned with Azure business priorities, engage ecosystem partners, and de-risk productization through capable PoCs
Work across organizational boundaries with roadmap planners, product architects, and hardware and software engineering teams to successfully integrate innovative solutions into Azure datacenters
Qualification
Required
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 9+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 11+ years technical engineering experience 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
10+ years of experience with system performance evaluation using industry standard benchmarks and/or common cloud workloads
10+ years of experience with significant hardware/software co-design projects involving CPU and/or systems architecture and influencing technical direction
Prior experience developing and driving cloud technologies for improved TCO/$ and TCO/$/performance
Intellectual curiosity and passion about learning and deploying new technologies
Verbal and written communication skills and ability to engage technical & non-technical peers
Experience contributing to complex projects with respect and integrity, including those with multiple workstreams spanning different business and technical disciplines
Understanding of compute and storage systems in the cloud, including storage and network technologies, experience with software-defined storage and distributed file systems
Deep understanding of AI inference systems and associated software, and emerging approaches to orchestrate tiered memory and storage capabilities for distributed serving and KV caching for agentic systems
Deep expertise in AI scale-up and scale-out networking/interconnect architectures, along with a good understanding of memory/storage technologies spanning HBM, LPDDR, HBF, etc
Skilled in partnering and influencing architects, hardware engineers, and software leads
Experience with gathering and analyzing system telemetry and low-level performance counters to identify and root-cause performance bottlenecks
Problem-solving skills, analytical capabilities, and attention to detail
Ability to manage through ambiguity, teamwork, and sense of presumed responsibility
Company
Microsoft
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