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About Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing
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As a Software Development Engineer within the Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering team, you will build and operate large-scale cloud infrastructure systems that power Azure. You will design and develop software to manage and monitor cloud hardware across hyperscale environments, focusing on improving reliability, availability, and performance. Your daily work involves developing Linux-based service and device management stacks using C, C++, Python, and other systems programming languages. You will implement hardware interface programming including SPI, I2C, GPIO, and UART while supporting board bring-up and firmware flows like U-Boot and kernel integration. The role addresses the technical challenge of managing hardware health signals and automated remediation in a distributed system environment. You will also contribute to open-source ecosystems such as the Open Compute Project to advance next-generation datacenter architecture and infrastructure automation.
What does a Software Development Engineer earn?
Median $173025 from 184 postings across 18 companies.
Develop and maintain Linux-based service and device management stacks using C, C++, and Python.
Build and optimize distributed systems for monitoring and managing hardware at hyperscale.
Implement hardware interface programming and support board bring-up, firmware, and Linux boot flows.
Develop telemetry systems, health signal processing, and automated remediation workflows for cloud hardware.
Drive live-site excellence through monitoring, debugging, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements.
Translate customer and production feedback into feature enhancements and bug fixes.
Contribute to open-source ecosystems such as the Open Compute Project and Linux kernel.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of experience coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud Background Check and other required security screenings.
Ph.D. in a relevant field; or M.S. with 4+ years of industry development experience; or B.S. with 8+ years of industry development experience (preferred).
Proficiency in C/C++ systems programming, software design fundamentals, and Python for automation and tooling (preferred).
Solid understanding of operating systems, Linux/Unix environments, system-level debugging, and multi-threaded concurrent programming (preferred).
Experience with hardware-software integration, Linux kernel development, device drivers, firmware, or embedded systems (preferred).
Familiarity with distributed systems, cloud services, telemetry pipelines, and datacenter hardware architecture (preferred).
Knowledge of security fundamentals such as secure boot, authentication, and certificate handling (preferred).
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