Microsoft Software Engineer II – Azure Storage Files 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

501927851

Azure Files is the foundational file system and file sharing service built in Azure Storage, supporting industry-standard Server Message Block (SMB), Common Internet File System (CIFS), Network File System (NFS) and Representational State Transfer (REST) protocols, that is fully compatible with on-premises file servers, both Windows and Linux-based, can scale up to exabytes of storage, and provide world-class reliability, performance, and security. For more details see .

As a Software Engineer II in the Azure Files Storage team, you will develop features at the core storage and the protocol layers of the service, including architectural changes to significantly increase scalability and performance of the file system, including adding Backup, Disaster Recovery and Tiering capabilities. You will have the opportunity to explore distributed system design, protocols such as SMB/CIFS, NFS, and REST, and help solve the performance and scale requirements of the most demanding workloads, used by many large-scale organizations and services. You will have the opportunity to make high-impact changes daily as you build a hyper-scale file storage system that powers the world.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ year(s) technical engineering experience with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java.
• OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with development, debugging, monitoring, and troubleshooting utilizing concepts of multi-threading, asynchronous patterns, and locks to synchronize access to state.
• Experience building scalable system software and/or services.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java.
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java.
• OR equivalent experience.
• Windows or Linux operating system knowledge, with experience in native code (C, C++) development, debugging, monitoring, and troubleshooting is a strong plus.
• Experience in the development of cloud services and distributed systems is a plus.
• Experience with debugging tools like WinDBG, Wireshark etc. is a plus.
• Storage and file systems experience, knowledge of REST protocol, network file sharing protocols like SMB/CIFS and/or NFS is a plus.

• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
• Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.
• Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
• Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.
• Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
• Collaborates with a diverse group of engineers, across all levels, through sharing and learning.