Principal Software Engineer

Consider a world where unlimited storage is available and accessible to everyone A place where everyone can access their books music photos videos and data from any device anywhere anytime Have you ever envisioned a universally accessible storage system capable of recording all human knowledge preserving every book piece of music and video ever created or storing comprehensive data collected by scientists worldwide for collaborative purposes Are you interested in joining a team that works towards these goals Then the Microsoft Azure Storage team is for you Microsoft s cloud storage solution Microsoft Azure Storage is a scalable and highly distributed storage system designed to be accessible worldwide We are experiencing rapid growth with many exabytes of data stored and are preparing systems for zettabyte scale to meet future demands We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer with experience in distributed storage particularly in Infrastructure and Resource Management of distributed systems across a geo-region This position is suitable for individuals interested in working on a dynamic team with skilled engineers The Azure Storage team oversees operations of hundreds of thousands of servers at exabyte scale We virtualize storage accounts across hardware and ensure high-performance transfer of customer storage accounts across units Our focus is on infinitely scalable storage that scales on demand with minimal delay and no impact on performance This field presents ongoing technical challenges and opportunities for innovation and we want talented and experienced engineers who are comfortable working on a fast-paced team and thrive in a startup like environment The Platform is going to support the exponential growth in the coming years and presents many interesting technical problems Our mantra is to innovate grow and learn and to be successful in these areas you should have a growth mindset and be curious as you will be solving challenges related to scale and reliability for a distributed system You will also have an opportunity to make high impact changes on a daily basis as you build a hyper scale storage system that may indirectly or directly be used daily by your friends and family 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 Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features Contributes to the identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight Creates and implements code for a product service or feature reusing code as applicable Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual DRI working on-call to monitor system product feature service for degradation downtime or interruptions and gains approval to restore system product service for simple problems Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments 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 10 years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including but not limited to C C C Java JavaScript or Python OR equivalent experience 6 years of experience in building quality products and services in distributed systems systems programming and multi-threaded programming Other Qualifications 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 Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science OR related technical field AND 10 years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including but not limited to C C C Java JavaScript OR Python OR Master 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 C Java JavaScript or Python OR equivalent experience 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 azurecorejobs