Microsoft Principal Software Engineer - Azure Storage 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

137297207

Drive innovation with the latest hardware and software technology for hyperscale cloud storage. Our Azure Storage team is building next generation storage solutionsincluding fornew workloads like AI training and inferencing.We constantly strive to improve security, reliability, performance, and efficiency at tremendous scale.continually evaluateopportunities to add new featuresinto our storageenhance our ability to supportAI workloadswhich are informed by supporting partners such as OpenAI.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 ofand durable storage in the world., about distributed systems design at cloud scale,about what it takes to support AI workloadsabout how new hardware innovations like DPUs can be leveraged in such systems.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employeeswe come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empowerand 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 field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C#, Java, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years ofsystemsexperienceinhands-on development ofreliableand performantdistributed systems.

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:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science OR related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C#, Java 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#, Java 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 $163,000 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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 October 16, 2025.

• Lead identification of areas ofinnovation toexcel at support ofAI workloadsforourleading customers.

• criticalperformance, efficiency,dataavailabilityanddurabilityimprovementsnecessaryacross theportfolio of storage offerings.

• necessaryimprovementplans andtheirprioritiesanddocumentwork needed, includinganydependencies.

• leadership oftheengineering workneededto driveperformance and efficiencyimprovementsand to driveinnovativenew features.Partner withthe engineering teamsresponsible for the different offeringsto ensure adoption and success.

• orpartnerto driveinnovationtoenhancedata durability, availability and failure toleranceacross the storage fleetwhile minimizing impact on performanceandcost.

• and 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.