Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for passionate, high-energy engineers to help achieve that mission.

The Data Processing Unit (DPU) team brings together state-of-the-art software and hardware expertise to create a highly programmable and high-performance ASIC with the capability to efficiently handle large data streams. Thanks to its integrated design, this solution empowers teams to operate with increased agility and deliver significantly superior performance compared to CPU-based alternatives.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer/Senior DevOps Engineer to join our DPU and associated tools. You will be a key contributor within our DPU team. You will bring your Operating System, Driver, and Embedded Software Development experience to contribute to DPU software. Your contributions will have a wide impact across Azure through the development of the latest generation PCIe adapter cards.

Responsibilities

• As a DPU Build&Tools Engineer you will be responsible for the following:
• Build Infra
• Develop and maintain build and test infrastructure.
• Plan for longer-term requirements for both build hardware and access to prototype and working Azure systems
• Help team move existing build and test infrastructure toward Azure processes and platforms while keeping existing hardware and software development making rapid progress
• Test infra
• Develop and maintain test infrastructure that allows DPU engineers to test their code on emulators and pre-production silicon/systems
• Keep test infrastructure and machine fleets running while continuously improving reliability and reducing maintenance burden
• Work with engineering teams to identify future requirements for infrastructure, machines, and test frameworks
• Develop test-related tooling, frameworks, and automation that improves developer productivity
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python. Familiarity with C/C++.
• OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience working with software build, build pipelines and processes (build and release mgmt). C/C++
• 2+ years of experience with embedded systems
• 1+ years of experience with web and REST (Application Programming Interface) APIs apps
• 3+ years of experience working in projects related to tooling, automation and test frameworks/infrastructure, in a SWE capacity.
  
  

Preferred

• 2+ years of experience in OS kernel building, driver building
• 2+ years of experience in automating infrastructure (on-prem, cloud)
• 1+ years of experience in monitoring&logging systems
• Knowledge of networking, storage, embedded systems, or operating systems (Windows, Linux)
• Knowledge and familiarity with containerized, virtualized environments.
• Knowledge and experience with distributed systems
• Experience with Operating System (Linux or Windows) configuration and deployment
• Experience with ARM architecture
  
  

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.

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