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Posted date: Feb 20, 2026
There have been 2 jobs posted with the title of Senior Software Engineer - Storage all time at Microsoft.There have been 2 Senior Software Engineer - Storage jobs posted in the last month.
Category: Software Engineering
Location: Aliso Viejo, CA
Estimated salary: $188,900
Range: $119,800 - $258,000
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 3 days / week in-office
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewMicrosoft Silicon and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. CHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, 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, high-energy engineers to help achieve that mission. 
 
As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and HW infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the Silicon Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) team is instrumental in defining and delivering measures of success for hardware design, qualification, fleet support, scale, and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. 
Azure Memory and Storage Center of Excellence (AMS CoE) is part of the SCHIE organization focusing on Memory and Storage devices going into the Cloud hardware servers. AMS provide memory and storage solutions to Azure, drive memory and storage suppliers to deliver high quality products, meeting our requirements.  
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer-Storage to scale Azure’s Fault Self-Healing and Failure Prediction systems including the storage subsystem.
You will develop the end-to-end technical design and execution of the fault prevention ecosystem, spanning telemetry, ML models, automation, isolation logic, firmware deployment, and repair workflows, operating at hyperscale across millions of nodes. The role directly impacts customer uptime and fleet availability.
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Responsibilities
Design and build best-in-class fleet resiliency systems for storage devices at scale 
Develop scalable live monitoring capabilities, fault detection and repair solutions
Deploy SSD and Storage Accelerator firmware to hyperscale cloudLead collaboration projects with hardware, firmware, and software teams that fault reduction projects
Build automation to drive repair efficiency for storage operations in the production fleet
Collaborate with suppliers to design reliable, high performance and quality storage devices 
Analyze data to identify, prototype, and drive the implementation of technical and process improvements to increase the predictability, agility, and quality of Azure systems 
Actively support Azure service stakeholders 
Qualifications
Required 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 equivalent experience.Other:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements is 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: 
M.S. Computer or Electrical Engineering  8+ years of SSD firmware engineering development experience4+ years of NVMe and PCIe experienceExpertise in SSD virtualization, reliability, fault analysis, and live‑site operationsAbility to analyze storage system solutions and drive towards recommendation based on data and objective reasoningAbility to lead collaborative technical projects from conception to successful implementationDemonstrable organizational, problem solving and prioritization skills Ability to deal with ambiguity, resolve conflicts, prioritize multiple strategic and tactical options and drive issues to closure without compromising on quality
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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.