Principal Engineering, Azure Storage

Microsoft

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$142,800–$274,800 / yr
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60 days ago

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This role $209k
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TL;DR · Principal Engineering, Azure Storage

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As a Principal Engineer in Azure Storage and Disks, you will join a pioneering team responsible for mission-critical storage solutions, including the core Storage platform and Azure Disks. Your role involves leading a high-impact team to enhance the control plane and disks platform, ensuring they can handle exponential AI-scale workloads. You will collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements for scalable and reliable storage systems, optimize performance through design and implementation of enhancements, and address system bottlenecks. Additionally, you will act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) to ensure fault tolerance and participate in on-call rotations. The position requires expertise in Azure Storage, disks, and distributed systems, with proficiency in languages such as C#, Java, or Python, and extensive experience in cloud and large-scale distributed system architectures.

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Azure C# Java Python Distributed Systems Cloud Technologies CI/CD Kubernetes Terraform PostgreSQL Git Jenkins Docker Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and implementation of enhancements for AI-scale storage solutions.
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in Azure Storage control plane and disks.
  • Act as Designated Responsible Individual to ensure system availability and fault tolerance.
  • Influence technical decisions and product roadmaps using expertise in distributed systems.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements for high-performance storage solutions.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 6+ years of coding experience in C#, Java, etc.
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 8+ years of software development experience.
  • At least 2 years of experience as a technical lead.
  • Extensive hands-on experience in cloud and large distributed systems architectures.
  • Proven ability to design and implement enhancements for AI-scale workloads.
  • Expertise in Azure Storage, Disks, and distributed systems to influence product roadmaps.

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