Software Engineer IC3

Microsoft

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About The Position

As a Software Engineer IC3 in the Host Networking and Hardware Acceleration team, this role contributes to software and hardware co-design with the goal of enabling reliable and performant networking for Azure hosts. The Virtualized Ethernet Driver team focuses on developing and operating virtualizing networking driver stacks for Azure, including support for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, and plays a key role in advancing host networking capabilities at scale.
The work involves contributing to complex systems that operate across large-scale environments. The role emphasizes building, operating, and improving networking solutions that are foundational to Azure hosts, with a strong focus on reliability, performance, and integration between software and hardware components.
The position requires strong interest and experience in distributed systems, low-level programming, understanding operating system (OS) internals, virtualization, large-scale systems, performant design, and test methodologies. It also involves working in a fast-paced team environment that owns and operates one of the most impactful services in the world.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond

Requirements

• 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.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
• Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.
• Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
• Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.
• Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level