Software Engineer

Microsoft

United States

On-site

USD 84,200 - 165,200

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Join a leading technology company as a Software Engineer focused on building and optimizing a world-class distributed file system for Azure. This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and make impactful changes in a collaborative environment. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in computer science and experience with distributed systems.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field.
1+ years of experience in storage internals, file-systems, or distributed systems.
Ability to meet Microsoft security screening requirements.

Responsibilities

Determine user requirements for features with stakeholders.
Design and implement code for products and services.
Monitor system performance and restore services as needed.

Skills

C++

Java

Distributed Systems

File Systems

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Job description

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Azure Storage team is chartered with building, managing, and running the persistent cloud storage for Microsoft Azure cloud. We are one of the foundational services in the Azure Cloud and host data from some of the largest companies in the world plus all of Microsoft’s largest online businesses.

We are looking for a Software Engineer who is passionate about building and optimizing a world class distributed file system. If you love large scale distributed systems, love to work on new projects where you can define the work, scope, direction, and architect new solutions to make an impact on a massive product like Azure Storage, this could be position for you! You will have an opportunity to make high impact changes on a daily basis as you build a hyperscale storage system.

You would be joining a talented, highly collaborative team, with responsibility for engineering some of the fundamental layers of the Azure storage service. You will be working on the next generation storage platform being built on storage servers with Data Processing Units (DPU). The role brings exposure to cutting edge storage, memory, networking, and distributed system technologies, with broad opportunity to influence both the business and the industry. The team is responsible for the meta-data data service as well as storing the data across storage servers while ensuring high availability, reliability, durability, and cost efficiencies.

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

Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
Contributes to the design, and creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.
Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.
Contributes to improving availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, or Java

OR equivalent experience.

1+ year(s) of knowledge in storage internals, file-systems, distributed systems, operating systems, or low systems.

Other Requirements

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

1+ year(s) of experience coding in C or C++.

Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $84,200 - $165,200 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 $109,000 - $180,400 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 for the role until June 2, 2025

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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