Microsoft Principal Software Engineer - Azure Storage 

United States, Washington 

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Drive innovation with the latest hardware and software technology for hyperscale cloud storage. Our Azure Storage team is building next generation storage solutionson security, reliability,and efficiency. This isto grow your career and sharpen your technical skills.

a Principal Software Engineer - Azure Storage, you will have a technical leadership role. You will be involved in all phases ofthe most available and durable storage in the world., about distributed systems design at cloud scale,about how new hardware innovations like DPUs can bein such systems,as well as building and supporting cloud services at scale.

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Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Scienceor related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Javascript or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.

• 5+ years ofsystemsexperienceinhands-on development ofreliableand performantdistributed systems.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceOR related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript,OR Python
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.

• Experiences with storage systems in the areas likeavailability,remote copy,high performance, durability schemes.
• Knowledge of distributed systems.

Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $161,600 - $286,200 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 $209,600 - $314,400 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 August 2, 2024.

• Lead idenfitiation ofcriticaldataavailability anddurabilityimprovementsnecessaryacross theportfolio of storage offerings.
• Look for opportunities to build commonsoftware that can reduce vulnerabilities acrossthe fleetand across the storage services.Determinenecessaryimprovementplans andtheirprioritiesanddocumentwork needed, includinganydependencies.
• Hands-onleadership oftheengineering workneededto drivedurability/availabilityimprovements.Partner withthe engineering teamsresponsible for the different offeringsto ensure adoption and success.
• Developorpartnerto drivenewinnovationtoenhancedata durability, availability and failure toleranceacross the storage fleetwhile minimizing impact on performanceandcost.
• Developand documentnew ideasandprototypethemin partnership with othersas needed.Work withappropriate stakeholders(Leadership Team, ProductManagement) todrivenew ideasto success.
• Hold accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call tomonitorsystems/products/servicesfor degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
• Proactively seek new knowledge and adapt tonew 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.
• Embody our