Senior Software Engineer
- Location
- United States · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 28 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- C++
- TCP/IP
- RDMA
- Linux kernel development
- network virtualization
Also useful
- DPDK
- SR-IOV
- SmartNICs
About the role
Lead development of next-generation Azure SmartNIC and networking software capabilities. Drive architecture and technical execution for RDMA, virtualization, offload technologies, and high-performance networking scenarios. Collaborate with hardware, firmware, silicon, and cloud service teams to deliver end-to-end platform innovations.
Define and drive reliability and performance improvements based on production telemetry and customer usage patterns. Influence networking platform strategy and future technical investments.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C, Java, or Python Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C, Java, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C, Java, or Python OR equivalent experience. leading the technical design and delivery of complex engineering projects across multiple components or services; designing scalable, maintainable, and highly available software architectures; driving feature-area ownership, technical decision-making, and project execution with minimal oversight; collaborating with multiple engineering teams to deliver cross-functional solutions; troubleshooting, debugging, and root-cause analysis skills in production environments; mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership through design and code reviews. networking technologies including TCP/IP, RDMA, Ethernet, DPDK, SR-IOV, SmartNICs, or network virtualization; Linux systems, kernel development, drivers, or performance-sensitive software; building services for cloud-scale distributed systems; hardware-software integration, firmware interactions, or platform infrastructure; driving technical strategy and architecture across multiple teams; operating and improving highly available services in production environments; leading incident response efforts and driving systemic reliability improvements.
Knowledge of Azure networking, virtualization, storage networking, or high-performance computing workloads.
From Microsoft's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 11, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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