Software Engineer II Storage and File Systems
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Redmond, WA - USA
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Job Summary
Storage is experiencing incredible innovations right now. The innovations of storage technologies and cloud connected devices are having a profound effect on every area of Microsofts business. Storage devices are getting larger in capacity faster in performance and intelligence at an astounding rate; our customers are expecting seamless experiences across devices and across local and cloud boundaries. We are seeking a Software Engineer II - Storage and File Systems to help expand innovate and maintain the platform and end user experiences for storage across Windows devices and the Cloud.
The Storage and File Systems team is part of the Azure Edge Platform Core OS Base team. We deliver storage solutions for Windows Azure Internet of Things (IoT) and new devices that Microsoft and our industry partners ship in the future. This area involves tough challenges and provides tremendous upside opportunities including leveraging the reduced size portability and increased functionality of new storage devices improved software platform infrastructure emerging protocol standards seamless integration of local and cloud storage and development of solutions to new content usage paradigms.
In Core OS we are responsible for the Operating Systems (OS) that power Azure Microsofts 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 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 thats all of us!
At Microsoft our missionto empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve moreguides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progresspeople teams and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape whats next for everyone.
Responsibilities
- Developing and maintaining storage and file system components across client server and cloud systems on both Windows and Linux operating systems.
- Conceive design and implement storage features in tandem with partners inside and outside of Microsoft to address the business needs of our customers.
- Performance analysis of designs and implementations taking into consideration the rapid advancements in storage technologies.
- Ownership of the software engineering process from design development code review validation delivery and maintenance.
- Working as a team member authoring documentation and tools that improve the teams ability to develop and maintain software participating in design discussions and code review outside of your immediate scope and assisting less experienced team members in their personal growth.
- Building an understanding of the wider storage ecosystem and bringing that understanding to the table as new features are considered.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2 years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including but not limited to C C C# Java JavaScript or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
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
- 2 years of experience in systems level software development in C/C/Rust.
- 2 years of Systems Engineering experience with multithreaded programming synchronization locking etc.
- Knowledge of advanced data structures including but not limited to: BTrees Hash Tables Skip Lists LSM Trees RCU Synchronization.
- 2 years of experience with kernel and device driver development in Linux or Windows.
- Proven experience designing key-value (KV) stores such as NoSQL databases Redis or RocksDB including support for ACID transactions.
- Experience with storage/file systems in Windows Linux Kubernetes.
- Experience in analyzing storage performance and functionality.
- Familiarity with current and emerging storage technologies.
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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102100 - $202200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $133800 - $219200 per year.
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position will be open for a minimum of 5 days with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry citizenship color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information immigration status marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran or military status race ethnicity religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process read more about requesting accommodations.
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