Principal Software Engineer - RDMA

1 Day ago • 6 Years + • DevOps • $137,600 PA - $294,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Principal Software Engineer - RDMA will collaborate with stakeholders to define and deliver operational measures of success for quality, delivery, scale, and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud software. This role requires developing and optimizing networking software stacks for RDMA forwarding and control plane functions within a programmable NIC or network switches and routers. Responsibilities include designing, implementing, and debugging code, conducting research on cutting-edge technologies, mentoring team members, and acting as a DRI for system monitoring and incident response. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in software design, coding (C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python), Layer 2/3/4 networking, and RDMA (RoCE) packet forwarding development.
Must have:
  • 6+ years experience in software engineering
  • 2+ years RDMA networking software development experience
  • 4+ years experience in L2/L3/L4 data plane packet forwarding
  • 4+ years programming experience in C
  • Experience with RDMA (RoCE) packet forwarding
Good to have:
  • Experience developing networking software on DPUs or programmable NICs
  • Experience developing technologies for reliable data transfer
  • CI/CD experience
  • Scripting for developer tools

Job Details

Overview

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 Azure Data Processing Unit (DPU) team brings together state-of-the-art software and hardware expertise to create a highly programmable and high-performance chip with the capability to efficiently handle large data volumes. Thanks to its integrated design, this solution empowers Azure to develop solutions for solving the next generation problems with increased agility and performance leveraging the DPU’s compute, storage, and networking capabilities. 

  

 As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the DPU Networking Software team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud software. We are looking for seasoned engineers with a dedicated passion for customer focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure.  

We are looking for Principal Software Engineer- RDMA to join our team!

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.

  • 2+ years of experience in developing networking software stack for RDMA forwarding or control plane functions 
  • 4+ years of experience in software design and coding of Layer2/L3/L4 ethernet/IP networking data plane packet forwarding and control plane processing functions within a programmable NIC or network switches and routers or an architecture with hardware offload 
  • 4+ years of programming experience in C  

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

  • Experience with RDMA (RoCE) packet forwarding development in data center switches and NICs 
  • Experience in developing networking software on DPUs or programmable NICs or other hardware offload architectures. 
  • Experience in developing technologies for reliable data transfer across networks with efficient fabric utilization and deterministic latency. 
  • CI/CD Experience: Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices for streamlined software development and deployment processes. 
  • Scripting for Developer Tools: Proficiency in scripting languages to build and enhance developer tools, automating repetitive tasks and improving workflow efficiency. 

 

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 May 12th, 2025.

 

 

#AHSI #SCHIE #MSFTNSBE25

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements and solutions. 
  • Work across team and organizational boundaries to drive clarity and alignment. 
  • Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform. 
  • Drives, creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI). 
  • Conduct research, stay updated with the latest industry trends, and experiment with cutting-edge technologies to drive innovation. 
  • Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items. 
  • Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate. 
  • 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. 
  • Coaching and mentorship of fellow team members. 
  • Effective communication skills and a passion for delivering scalable solutions through a diverse team of engineers. 

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