Microsoft Azure is building the fastest network in public cloud. We are seeking candidates who live and breathe Linux, love to code, and who build network systems and services, taking things from idea to production. Join us as a Senior Software Engineer to build the world's fastest public cloud and make a difference to millions of people across the planet. As a Linux developer in the network datapath team, you would be responsible for building, testing and deploying networking acceleration on Azure including SRIOV, DPDK for network appliances, Linux network acceleration, RDMA, containers, etc. You should be able to drive projects with other teams in Microsoft, our hardware partners and OS partners. The Azure Networking Datapath team is where the rubber meets the road for Software-Defined Networking – we create the host platform that allows SDN controllers to perform arbitrary packet manipulations and virtualization, with very high speed. We build the Azure Virtual Switch where the action
Knowledge/experience in one of these areas: Linux internals (networking stack and other OS components) Host network offloads RDMA, and SR-IOV TCP/IP; Reliable, high quality software development Switching and routing protocols Virtualization (hypervisors; virtual machine switching) Performance optimization; Network hardware capabilities - NICs, switches, routers Network virtualization (NVGRE, VXLAN); Load balancing Driver and Kernel development Compilers and API design QoS and scheduling
Required Qualfications: 5 years of experience in software development in C or C++ Preferred Qualifcations: Linux kernel and/or DPDK development experience Systems programming experience Kernel or driver development experience Solid System Design and Dev skills Experience with performance optimization of low level code Experience shipping products or services Ability to work with multiple partner teams and external vendors to drive impact Passion and drive for profound impact BS or MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience