Principal Software Engineer Job at Microsoft Corporation (Bangalore)

Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
India , Bangalore

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Not provided

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Job Description:

As a Principal Software Engineer in the DPU Networking software team, you will design, develop, deploy and support networking packet forwarding and control plane functions that enable high performance 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. You would collaborate with technical stakeholders in a cross functional team manner and contribute towards the success of multiple projects and initiatives across the organization. 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.

Job Responsibility:

Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements and solutions
Work across team and organizational boundaries to drive clarity and alignment
Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform
Drives, creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI)
Conduct research, stay updated with the latest industry trends, and experiment with cutting-edge technologies to drive innovation
Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items
Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, 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
Coaching and mentorship of fellow team members
Effective communication skills and a passion for delivering scalable solutions through a diverse team of engineers

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or computer engineering, or related technical discipline AND 10+ years software development engineering experience
8+ years of experience in software design and coding of Layer3-4 ethernet/IP networking data plane packet forwarding within a programmable NIC OR network switches and routers OR a packet processing architecture with hardware offload
6+ years of programming experience in C

Nice to have:

Knowledge of L2/L3/L4 networking packet forwarding functions within a programmable NIC or Data center switch
Experience implementing or knowledge in networking solutions for the high scale AI networking
Experience in developing software support for the networking data path or control plane within a programmable NIC or Data center switch
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

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 04, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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