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Software Development Engineer

Microsoft· Software Engineering
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Redmond, WA, Austin, TX, Mountain View, CA$102.1k - $202.2kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Microsoft SCHIE seeks a Software Development Engineer to design and operate large-scale cloud infrastructure systems that power Azure, spanning Linux-based device software to cloud-scale service orchestration, with focus on reliability, availability, and performance across hyperscale environments.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain Linux-based service and device management stack using C, C++, Python, and systems programming languages.
  • Build and optimize distributed systems and cloud services for monitoring and managing hardware at hyperscale.
  • Implement hardware interface programming (SPI, I2C, GPIO, UART) and support board bring-up, firmware, and Linux boot flows including U-Boot and kernel integration.
  • Develop and enhance device telemetry, health monitoring, hardware health signal processing, and automated remediation workflows.
  • Drive live-site excellence through monitoring, debugging, root cause analysis, repair loops, and continuous service reliability improvements.
  • Collaborate with hardware, firmware, platform, and partner teams to deliver end-to-end solutions across hardware-software boundaries.
  • Translate customer and production feedback into feature enhancements, bug fixes, reliability improvements, and supportability investments.
  • Leverage and contribute to open-source ecosystems such as OCP and Linux where appropriate, bringing relevant practices into Microsoft platforms.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's 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.

Skills

Required:CC++PythonLinuxdistributed systems
Nice to have:Hardware interface protocols

Benefits

  • See Microsoft benefits information linked in job posting.
Last updated Sep 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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