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Posted date: Jan 15, 2026
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Category: Software Engineering
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Estimated salary: $188,900
Range: $119,800 - $258,000
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office – remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewAs a Senior Software Engineer on the Virtual Machines and Containers team in CoreOS, you will lead the design and implementation of key scalability features across the virtualization stack. This role is critical to enabling broader virtual machine (VM) density and performance improvements across our platform. You will work across components such as VM management services, system interfaces, and orchestration agents to ensure our infrastructure can scale efficiently and reliably.
In Core OS, we are responsible for the Operating Systems that power Azure, Microsoft's Linux OS, the platforms for Windows Client and Xbox, and our Windows Server ecosystem – through all of these, we support every one of our cloud businesses and billions of customers around the world. In this era of ubiquitous computing, systems software excellence has never been more important for Microsoft. High quality, high-efficiency operating systems and platform components underpin everything we do as a company, from making our systems more reliable for our customers, to increasing our competitiveness by reducing cost of goods sold (COGS), to delivering new features and capabilities to delight customers – that’s all us! 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
Design and implement scalable solutions in the virtualization management stack.Improve system performance and reliability through deep analysis and optimization.Collaborate with partner teams to integrate new features and ensure end-to-end scalability.Contribute to architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy.Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and cross-team initiatives.Investigate and resolve complex issues in production and development environments.Drive deep technical impact across Microsoft’s virtualization platform.Collaborate with top engineers across Azure and Windows.Grow your expertise in systems programming, performance tuning, and distributed systems.
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++, or RustOR equivalent experience. 1+ year experience building operating system features, virtualization features, or device drivers 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: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++, or RustOR 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++ or Rust OR equivalent experience.4+ years of systems software development experience using C, C++ or Rust.Experience with operating systems fundamentals and systems-level programming.#azurecorejobs
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.
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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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