Senior Software Engineer - Azure Host Networking - Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Azure Host Networking and Hardware Acceleration team is building performant and highly reliable network in the cloud. The team has a track record of turning interesting research projects into highly successful foundational Azure offerings. We are seeking candidates who love problem solving, designing innovative new architectures, and enjoy thinking outside of the box. Join us as a Senior Software Engineer to build the fastest public cloud and make a difference to millions of people across the planet. As a Senior Software Engineer in the Network Interface service team, you would be contributing to Azure host networking infrastructure, including hardware/software co-design optimized to provide reliable and performant network for Azure hosts, innovation to deliver RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) transport for AI workloads. You should have a passion for distributed systems, low level programming, understanding OS internals, virtualization, large scale system, performant design, test methodologies, and enjoy working on a fast-paced team who owns one of the most impacting services in the world. 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. **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 group's 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. + Embody our culture and values **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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR equivalent experience + Experience with: systems programming, driver development, performance optimization of low level code, shipping products or services. **Other Qualifications:** 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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + 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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR equivalent experience. + Experience working with multiple partner teams and external vendors. + Experience with computer networking protocols. + Passion and drive for profound impact. Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 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 $145,800 - $238,600 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 and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis. \#azurecorejobs Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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