Software Engineer II

1 Day ago • 2 Years + • DevOps • $98,300 PA - $208,800 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Software Engineer II in the DPU Networking software team, you'll design, develop, deploy, and support high-performance data processing networking packet forwarding within Azure data centers. You'll collaborate with stakeholders to determine user requirements, develop design documents, and implement, optimize, and debug code. Responsibilities include acting as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for system monitoring and restoration, and proactively seeking new knowledge and adapting to new trends to improve product performance and scalability. The role requires strong C/C++ programming skills and experience with Layer 2/L3/L4 networking.
Must have:
  • 2+ years C/C++ programming experience
  • 2+ years experience in Layer2/L3/L4 networking
  • Experience with packet forwarding
  • Collaboration and design documentation skills
  • System monitoring and troubleshooting
Good to have:
  • Experience with DPUs or programmable NICs
  • CI/CD experience
  • Scripting proficiency (e.g., Python)

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 a Software Engineer in the DPU Networking software team, you will design, develop, deploy and support networking packet forwarding that enable high performant data processing within various network endpoints in Azure data centers. You will work as part of a dynamic, multi-talented team of engineers from across the world. This opportunity will allow you to develop new solutions for the Azure fleet, participate in the design of cutting-edge networking solutions and hone your design and performance optimization skills. 

 

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 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.  

 

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 or C++.
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of programming experience in C or C++  
  • 2+ years experience in software design and coding of Layer2/L3/L4 ethernet/IP networking packet forwarding functions within a programmable NIC or smart NIC or linux kernel or network switch/routers or a network appliance. 

 

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 in developing networking software on DPUs or programmable NICs or other hardware offload architectures 
  • 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 IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $98,300 - $193,200 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 $127,200 - $208,800 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 12, 2025.

 

 

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Responsibilities

  • Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario. 
  • Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform. 
  • Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI). 
  • Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), 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. 

 

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