Microsoft Principal Software Engineer 

United States, California 

175397843

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.

Data Processing Unit (software and hardwareto create a highly programmable and high-performancewith the capability to efficiently handle large datawith increased agility and deliver significantly superior performance compared to CPU-based alternatives.

PCIecutting edge, high-performance scalable and programmable DPU softwarewith a focus onPCIeand reliability features. You will be a key contributorteam. You willbring yourPCIe, security,and embedded development experience to contribute toDPU driverand related host software and support.development ofthe latestgeneration 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.

Required 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.

• 6+ years of experience withComputer Architecture and Operating Systemsand/or Embedded Systems.

• 5+ yearsof experience withsoftware and hardware security.

• 5+ years of experience in Software Design and Architecture.

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/Additional Qualifications:

• Experience withI/O virtualization, including PCIe SR-IOV.
• Experience developingPCIefirmware and/or operating system code.
• Experience withprotocolanalyzersand debugs.
• Experience with pre and post Silicon development.

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 29, 2025.

• Architect and designPCIe firmwarefor the DPUwith an emphasis on device security.
• Develop,maintainand debugPCIeissues, including use ofprotocolanalyzers.
• Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to other developers.
• Mentor members of the team.
• Embody our