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Posted date: Jan 12, 2026
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Category: Software Engineering
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Estimated salary: $132,300
Range: $84,200 - $180,400
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office – remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewMicrosoft Azure storage is a highly distributed, massively scalable, and ubiquitously accessible cloud storage system designed to scale out and serve the entire world.
We (Azure Storage Client team) are responsible for delivering the Storage Virtualization platform to Azure Virtual Machines (VMs). Our stack handles trillions of IOs every day from Azure VMs and runs in 100s of data centers and 1000+ Clusters. The team is enabling storage offload using custom built hardware accelerators – utilizing the Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) for transport and Non Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) as the VM’s storage interface.
As a Software Engineer you are responsible for designing, implementing and deploying software to enable hardware-based storage offload technologies. If you have the interest and the passion to work on new hardware and software solutions to enable performance and scalability at the highest levels, then Azure may have a place for you.
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
Designs and develops system software that manages storage services in Azure.Ensures that services and components are designed with appropriate telemetry and health signals to enable remote monitoring and debugging.Rapidly deploys cloud-scale solutions and monitor health through telemetry.Drives for quality in everything and continuously improves the quality of the systems.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.Embodies our culture and values.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline
OR equivalent experience. Proven experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++ or RUST.Other Requirements:
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.Preferred Qualifications:
1+ year(s) knowledge of Virtualization technologies, with an understanding of Azure equivalent cloud services - data explorer, portal, disks, storage & virtual machines.1+ year(s) experience in storage domain.1+ year(s) of dmonstrated problem solving and software troubleshooting skills.1+ year(s) understanding of system performance, incident response, and troubleshooting in production environments.
Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $84,200 - $165,200 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 $109,000 - $180,400 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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