The Azure Storage team is chartered with building, managing, and operating the persistent cloud storage for Microsoft Azure. We are one of the foundational services in Azure and host data from some of the largest companies in the world, as well as Microsoft’s own major online businesses. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who is passionate about building and optimizing a world-class distributed file system. If you love large-scale distributed systems and enjoy working on new projects where you can define the scope, direction, and architecture of solutions that make a massive impact on Azure Storage, this could be the role for you! You will have the opportunity to make high-impact contributions daily as you build a hyperscale storage system where your work can generate value worth millions of dollars. You’ll be joining a talented, highly collaborative team responsible for engineering the lowest and most fundamental layers of Azure Storage—specifically helping to build the next generation of Storage Servers ensuring high availability, durability, and cost efficiency, while scaling effectively, resolving system bottlenecks, optimizing performance, and improving resiliency. This role offers exposure to cutting-edge storage, memory, networking, and distributed systems technologies, with broad opportunities to influence both the business and the industry.
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Career Level
Principal
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees