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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 engineers to help achieve that mission. As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the System Software Engineering team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. We are looking for engineers with a dedicated passion for customer focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the cloud infrastructure.
Job Responsibility:
Design, implement, and maintain system-level software components, including device drivers and multithreaded services for Windows and/or Linux platforms
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware, firmware, and platform teams to define and deliver integrated solutions
Drive code quality through rigorous testing, code reviews, and continuous integration practices
Investigate and resolve complex system-level issues, including performance bottlenecks, concurrency bugs, and hardware-software integration challenges
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
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.
Nice to have:
5+ years of experience in system software development with a track record of delivering complex system-level software
Experience working with SoC platforms, PCIe, or other hardware interfaces
Exposure to secure coding practices and system-level security concepts
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks
Contributions to open-source or internal platform libraries and tools
Proficiency in C and/or C++ with knowledge of OS internals, concurrency, and performance tuning
Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and mentoring engineers
Debugging and problem-solving skills across hardware and software boundaries