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Posted date: Feb 11, 2026
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Category: Software Engineering
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Estimated salary: $222,050
Range: $139,900 - $304,200
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 widely accessible cloud storage system designed to expand and support users across the globe. It serves as a foundational component of Azure’s infrastructure, providing the scale and reliability needed to meet worldwide demand.
The Azure Storage Client team delivers the Storage Virtualization platform for Azure Virtual Machines (VMs). This platform processes trillions of input and output operations each day across hundreds of data centers and more than one thousand clusters. The team is advancing storage offload through custom hardware accelerators, including Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), data processing units (DPUs), Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) for transport, and Non‑Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) as the storage interface for VMs.
As a Software Engineer IC5, responsibilities include designing, implementing, and deploying software that enables hardware‑based storage offload technologies. This role is well suited for individuals interested in developing new hardware and software solutions that drive performance and scalability at the highest levels, contributing to the continued evolution of Azure’s storage capabilities.
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 develop system software that manages storage services in Azure.Ensure that services and components are designed with appropriate telemetry and health signals to enable remote monitoring and debugging.Rapidly deploy cloud-scale solutions and monitor health through telemetry.Drive for quality in everything you do and continuously improve the quality of the systems you work on.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.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Bachelor'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++, Rust, or PythonOR equivalent experience.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 QualificationsMaster'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++, Rust, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Rust, or Python OR equivalent experience.A working knowledge of storage interfaces and protocols e.g. NVMe, SCSI,Knowledge of Virtualization technologies.Experience with kernel mode development and debugging (Windows or Linux drivers).Experience in Azure equivalent cloud services - data explorer, portal, disks, storage & virtual machines Experience shipping & maintaining high reliability cloud storage services. #azurecorejobs
Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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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