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Posted date: Dec 22, 2025
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Category: Software Engineering
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Estimated salary: $158,000
Range: $100,600 - $215,400
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office – remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewMicrosoft Azure has been a leader in advancing confidential computing (CC) technology, which provides a new level of security for cloud workloads. Our vision is to transform the Azure Cloud into the Azure Confidential Cloud and enable the industry to move from computing in the clear to computing confidentially. We are a team that embraces a growth mindset, values continuous learning, and collaborates with key partners across Azure to deliver confidential computing solutions that secure Azure and its customers at every level.
As a Software Engineer, you will design, develop, test, deploy, and support features that enable confidential computing for Azure customers primarily focusing on Performance analysis, improvements and enhancements. You will help customers achieve the highest levels of privacy and security by delivering technology and solutions that protect data in use, complementing existing protections for data at rest and in transit. This role offers the opportunity to deepen your expertise in cloud infrastructure, operating at scale, and technologies that secure the cloud.
This position provides a chance to work on impactful projects that shape the future of secure cloud computing while collaborating with teams across Microsoft and the broader industry community.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and 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.
Responsibilities
Identify and address performance issues related to delivering confidential computing solutions.Find performance opportunities for improvement through internal testing as well as by working directly with Azure internal and external customers to understand their use cases. Collaborate with teams across Microsoft and with external partners to deliver performance optimizations for our customers. Ensures appropriate continuous feedback loops measuring customer value, usage patterns, and other actionable metrics of value are incorporated.Develops reusable code and leverages existing code and toolsContributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.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.Shares learnings and identified solutions from investigations with the team and owns for some design decisions.Other
Embody our Culture and Values
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.OR equivalent experience. Preferred Qualifications:
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 Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. 1+ year(s) of experience in:Developing and shipping software or servicesDesigning, coding, and debugging software solutionsBuilding and operating large-scale cloud servicesSoftware performance analysis and improvementsWorking with operating systems such as Linux1+ years of experience in system performance areas:Performance monitoring tools and analysis methods, such as Intel V-Tune or Linux perf.Performance-related computer architecture concepts, including page translation, caching, I/O subsystems, memory subsystems, virtualization, NUMA optimizations, voltage/frequency scaling, and power states.System software performance tuning, including compiler optimizations, operating system scheduling, hypervisors, memory management, and BIOS configurations.Benchmarking using industry standard and purpose-built workloads, including SPEC suites, TPC components, Redis, NGINX, and similar workloads.1+ year(s) of experience demonstrating:Ability to quickly learn new technologiesWorking effectively in an agile development environment#azurecorejobs
Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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