Senior Software Engineer Job at Microsoft Corporation (Bangalore)

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
India , Bangalore

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Description:

The Linux Systems Group, part of Microsoft’s Azure Core Compute organization, plays a key role in powering Azure Cloud through Linux operating systems and virtualization technologies. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong design and programming skills to develop, debug, and maintain system-level software for a Linux-based platform. This is an excellent opportunity to join the Linux Systems Group and contribute to the growth of Microsoft’s Azure Cloud infrastructure.

Job Responsibility:

Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario
Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform
Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI)
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
Contribute to Open-Source Software (OSS) technologies, automation of infrastructure components and CI/CD pipelines

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#, OR Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
1+ years experience with Linux internals, including process management, file systems, and networking
1+ years experience in kernel-space vs. user-space concepts and awareness of performance fine tuning
1+ years experience in any of the virtualization platforms like KVM, XEN, HyperV, Qemu and Cloud Hypervisor
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
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:

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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, OR Python OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
1+ years experience in analytical, problem-solving, debugging skills, Git and standard development workflows
1+ years experience with Linux kernel development, device drivers, or embedded systems
Experience with cross-compilation, build systems (e.g., Make, CMake, Yocto), and debugging tools (e.g., GDB, strace, perf)
1+ years experience with hardware-software interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, or PCIe

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 31, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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