Principal Software Engineer - Azure Storage

Are you ready to shape the future of AI-scale storage solutions? Join Azure Storage Organization, where you will drive innovation and solve technical challenges at massive scale. This team powers mission-critical storage systems, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability for AI-driven workloads. You’ll collaborate with brilliant minds to deliver next-generation systems that push the boundaries of what’s possible in distributed storage and cloud technologies.

As a Principal Software Engineer - Azure Storage in the Storage Organization, you will design and implement architectural enhancements for our storage control plane, ensuring it can meet the demands of exponential AI-scale workloads. You will tackle system bottlenecks, optimize performance, and enhance scalability, working closely with engineers, managers, program managers, and architects to deliver innovative solutions. This opportunity will allow you to grow your expertise in distributed systems and Azure Storage, sharpen your leadership and technical skills, and contribute to cutting-edge solutions that power AI applications.

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.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor'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# or Java.
• OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of hands-on experience with Storage products and cloud-native architectures.
• 6+ years of experience in software development with a focus on large distributed 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.

Additional/Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceOR related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to C# or Java
• OR Master'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# or Java
• OR equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience solving complex technical challenges and driving architectural decisions in large-scale systems.

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until January 18, 2025.

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• Partner with stakeholders to determine requirements for scalable, reliable, and high-performance storage solutions.
• Lead the design and implementation of architectural enhancements to optimize the storage control plane for AI-scale workloads.
• Identify and address bottlenecks in system performance and scalability while driving improvements across the platform.
• Mentor engineers by providing technical guidance, upholding best practices in coding and design, and promoting system reliability.
• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) to ensure system availability, performance, and fault tolerance, including participation in on-call rotations.
• Leverage subject matter expertise in Azure Storage and distributed systems to influence technical decisions and product roadmaps.
• Stay ahead of emerging trends, patterns, and solutions in distributed storage and cloud technologies, sharing insights with the team to drive innovation.