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Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft· Software Engineering
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Bangalorefull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Principal Software Engineer in Microsoft Specialized Cloud focused on Edge Computing and Azure integration for on-premises and disconnected edge locations. Responsible for designing and delivering scalable, secure edge/cloud software, leveraging AI, with data-driven leadership across teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design and integrate highly reliable physical and software defined storage and file systems components for both Windows and Linux Operating Systems
  • Ability to develop resilient clustering and virtualization solutions using Windows and Linux based clustering and hypervisors
  • Design and architect scalable and distributed systems of Cloud Services for Managing Clustering, Hypervisor and storage on the edge
  • Lead, raise standards, and foster data-driven and collaborative culture for the team
  • Able to analyze, debug and clearly articulate complex issues and work with new technologies including AI
  • Partner with product teams across company to manage dependencies, jointly deliver updates, and continuously improve engineering capabilities

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in Software Development in distributed systems and Operating Systems.Bachelor’s/master's degree or equivalent in Computer science or related field required
  • 5+ years of experience designing, developing, deploying, and monitoring Failover Clustering, Resilient Storage Technologies, Hyper-V management
  • Proven ability to work with SAN(iSCSI and FC) storage and ability to debug complex interoperability issues between host and SAN infra
  • A strong Computer Science background with solid C#, Rust, Java, C/C++ programming, debugging skills is highly desiredGreat design and problem-solving skills, with a strong bias for architecting for performance, scalability, security, and reliability
  • Deep understanding of efficient data structures and algorithms
  • Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore
  • Experience with AI/ML and LLMs is highly preferred
  • 5+ years of experience in systems level software development in C/C++/Rust
  • 5+ years of Systems Engineering experience with multithreaded programming, synchronization, locking, etc
  • Knowledge of advanced data structures, including, but not limited to: BTrees, Hash Tables- 2+ years of experience with kernel and device driver development in Linux or Windows.
  • Proven experience designing solutions utilizing Failover Clustering, Storage Spaces, Software Defined Storage, Hyper-V and Windows Server technologies.
  • Experience with storage/file systems in Windows, Linux, Kubernetes
  • Experience in analyzing storage performance and functionality
  • Familiarity with current and emerging storage technologies.

Skills

Required:Design and architecture of distributed systemsC/C++/Rust programmingWindows and Linux kernel/driver concepts
Last updated Sep 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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