Senior Software Engineer

The Virtualization Core Platform hypervisor team is looking for a talented, highly motivated software engineer to work on foundational components of the Microsoft virtualization stack. We are looking for enthusiastic candidates who can learn quickly and are skilled at design and coding at a systems level (e.g., kernel, hypervisor, firmware).

Have you used Hyper-V today? Have you used Windows 11 today? How about Azure, or Copilot?
Millions of users interact with Hyper-V daily. Hyper-V is the backbone of the cloud and nearly all of Microsoft's online properties, including Azure, are running on Hyper-V. That's millions of virtual machines hosting the services that people use every day.
Do you want to build that?
Join the Virtualization Core Platform Hypervisor team and become a key part of Microsoft's technical strategy. We're at the center of some of the most relevant and rapidly evolving technology areas in the company. We're transforming datacenters and the cloud with classic virtualization technologies as well as exciting new investments in lightweight containers. We're enabling exciting new technology on Windows desktop systems for mobile application development and security. We are embracing innovation across multiple platforms like Linux and extending our investments in support of Open Source projects.

Do you have experience with virtualization technologies?
If so, that's fantastic. If not, we want you to bring your current experience to the team and use it to transform yourself into a virtualization specialist. In this position, you'll be part of a team of highly capable engineers working on the lowest level components of Microsoft's virtualization platform. You'll be working closely with all of Microsoft's key silicon partners to enable new hardware features and push the boundaries of performance, reliability, security, and more. We're looking for a passionate, innovative, and versatile engineer.
In Virtualization Core Platform team, we are responsible for the Operating Systems that power Azure, Microsoft's Linux OS, the platforms for Windows Client and Xbox, and our Windows Server ecosystem – through all of these, we support every one of our cloud businesses and billions of customers around the world. In this era of ubiquitous computing, systems software excellence has never been more important for Microsoft. High quality, high-efficiency operating systems and platform components underpin everything we do as a company, from making our systems more reliable for our customers, to increasing our competitiveness by reducing COGS, to delivering new features and capabilities to delight customers – that's all us

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.

• Design and implement new virtualization related features for Azure, Windows and Hyper-V.
• Collaborate with a dynamic team of engineers, including mentoring engineers in the workgroup.
• Drive for quality in everything you do and continuously improve the quality of the systems on which you work.
• Collaborate across team boundaries to define and drive team charter and vision.
• Provide technical input across the Windows Core and Azure teams.
• Embody our culture and values.

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++ or Rust.
  • OR equivalent experience. 
• 1+ year experience building operating system, virtualization, or device drivers features.

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 Qualifications 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
  • OR related technical field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C / C++ or Rust.
  • OR Python 
  • OR Master'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++ or Rust.
  • OR equivalent experience. 
• 1+ year experience working on any type of virtualization or operating system kernel 

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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