Senior Software Engineer Microsoft
Redmond, WA

Job Description

Are you passionate about working on the next generation of Cloud? Do you want to participate in creating and delivering the next generation of technologies to automate private and public cloud infrastructures? Do you want to be part of a high-energy and creative team that is currently impacting millions of customers across the planet? Do you love to contribute to open source technologies and communities across the globe? Our team is part of the larger Azure organization. We are a group of engineers building the Linux based technologies at Microsoft. This group is also responsible for implementing and maintaining all the Hyper-V enlightenments for Linux. This team contributes to the upstream Linux kernel tree and works closely with vendors to ensure that Linux customers on our platforms have the best possible user experience.

* M.S. in Computer Science, or related work experience
* 8+ years software development experience.
* Ability to handle complex cross-group projects
* Strong aptitude in architecting, designing, developing, debugging, and delivering excellent products
* Passionate about partnering with customers
* Technical passion, terrific problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently
* Deep technical expertise the following areas: The Linux kernel with special emphasis on memory management, low level trap and interrupt handling and other architecture specific code in Linux.
* Deep understanding of virtualization technologies.

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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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In this role, you will work closely with both internal operating system and hyprvisor teams and the upstream Linux kernel community to make sure our platforms continues to be the platform of choice for Linux workloads. You will be working on research and development in cutting edge accelerations and optimizations to power future public and private clouds. You will define and push the limits of innovative technologies -- working with the latest hardware, the largest servers, and even larger datacenters. If you love to solve the large-scale enterprise issues and enjoy working on system-level design and implementations, this is the right place for you! Come and join us to build our next generation Cloud Infrastructure together, which will have significant impact on millions of customers across the planet! Come help us change Microsoft!