The cloud is at the core of Microsoft's future, and Virtual Machines are at the core of Microsoft Azure platform. We are a small, agile team under Azure Compute organization that is responsible for delivering the Compute datapath platform (Virtual machine IO subsystem) for Microsoft Azure. As a Software Development Engineer working in Compute datapath team, your mission will be to ensure Azure platform is performing reliably, highly available, delivering consistent IO performance, can scale on-demand, and engineered to withstand the unparalleled computing demand from the customer workloads. We are the team that built Write accelerator feature in record short time which delivers fastest persistent writes amongst all major Public cloud providers. If being part of Core Azure excites you then come talk to us and work with us to build the platform for the cloud to power the future of computing!
We are looking for a candidate with strong background in building and shipping System Software solutions. Experience in development and support of Windows kernel mode drivers, especially Windows Storage stack, is strongly preferred. Candidate will be working on Azure Compute's Storage Virtualization stack which today powers millions of customer VMs. This software stack is responsible for handling hundreds of trillions of IOs every day that are coming from Azure VMs. To support the exponential growth of Azure, we need to enhance the codebase in terms of new features for Azure Compute, continuous
At least 5 years of experience in software development Preferred Requirements: BS/MS in Computer Science or related field/degree, and/or equivalent work experience. 3+ years of experience in developing software Experience with operating systems, Linux Experience in Storage Stack is preferred HyperV\Virtualization experience is a BIG plus Proficient in C/C++ Ability to handle periodic live service on-call responsibilities and work in dev-ops mode Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This