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As a Senior Software Engineer - Azure Storage, you will join the NPI SKU Qualification & Performance team to develop software platforms, automation systems, telemetry pipelines, and performance analysis frameworks. You will design and build large-scale automation platforms, data-driven validation systems, and diagnostic tools to accelerate hardware onboarding for next-generation infrastructure. Your daily work involves building and enhancing measurement and analytics platforms to validate storage at hyperscale while investigating complex issues across distributed systems, firmware, and operating systems. The role requires proficiency in object-oriented programming languages including C#, Python, Java, or C++. You will also utilize skills in microservices, REST APIs, CI/CD, and large-scale telemetry to solve problems related to the performance, reliability, and scalability of cloud storage hardware, specifically focusing on servers, SSDs, and networking components.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $208525 from 282 postings across 34 companies.
Analyze large-scale performance and reliability datasets to identify bottlenecks and improve system efficiency.
Develop automation solutions to increase qualification coverage and engineering productivity.
Lead technical design discussions and document architecture for the storage qualification ecosystem.
Research emerging technologies and AI-assisted tools to improve qualification quality.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of experience coding in languages like C#, Python, Java, or C++.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 6+ years of engineering experience (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 8+ years of engineering experience (preferred).
5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems or cloud services (preferred).
Experience with scalable software architectures, microservices, REST APIs, and troubleshooting complex issues across infrastructure and networking (preferred).
Familiarity with cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP, and technologies such as Kusto or large-scale data processing (preferred).
Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, telemetry systems, performance engineering, and storage hardware like SSDs or firmware (preferred).
Azure
C#
C++
Python
Java
Distributed Systems
Kusto
Power BI
Azure Monitor
Firmware
Windows Kernel Debugging
Storport
Miniport Drivers
Performance Engineering
Telemetry
Infrastructure Validation
Automation
Kubernetes
Go
C++
vSAN
CSI
Distributed Systems
Linux
Container Runtime
SDLC
Data Structures
Algorithms
Persistent Volumes
NFS
VMFS
etcd
Infrastructure Orchestration