Senior Software/Build 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 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/Build Engineer to join our DPU Runtime (OS) Driver team responsible for developing cutting edge, high-performance scalable and programmable DPU software with a focus on Control Plane device drivers and associated tools. You will be a key contributor within our DPU driver software team. You will bring your Operating System, Driver, and Embedded Software Development experience to contribute to DPU driver code and related host software. Your contributions will have a wide impact across Azure through the development of the latest generation PCIe adapter cards.

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.

As a DPU Build&Tools Engineer you will be responsible for the following:

• 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
• Build Infra
  • Ensure that the DPU Tools team can build and support needed 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

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