Are you interested in high-performance hardware, new operating systems and software defined networking? Microsoft Azure is building the fastest and most reliable network in the public cloud. We are seeking candidates who live and breathe kernels, love to code and to build network systems and services, taking things from idea to production.
As a Software Engineer II in our team, you will develop, deploy and support core Software Defined Networking (SDN) functionality running across Azure. The candidates for this role are expected to code in C with a focus on low-level platform architecture, strive for quality, and be obsessed with performance and scalability.
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Responsibilities
- Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
- Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.
- 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.
- Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
You will be a meaningful part of a team that values diversity of thought and recognizes everyone for their personal strengths and desire to learn and grow.
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Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#
- OR equivalent experience.
Other Qualification:
- 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 Qualification:
- 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#
- OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
- Embedded systems programming experience.
- Experience with performance optimization of low level code.
- Experience in Systems programming, Linux and/or DPDK, and/or high performance development.
- Experience with performance optimization of low level code.
Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,300 - $182,600 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 $120,900 - $198,600 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 for the role until May 14, 2024.
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