Senior Software Engineer - Host Networking & Hardware Acceleration

Microsoft
United States, Texas, Irving
7000 State Highway 161 (Show on map)
Apr 26, 2025
OverviewMicrosoft Azure Host Networking and Hardware Acceleration team is building performant and highly reliable network in the cloud. Our organization builds and maintains the network layers between the physical wire and the virtual machine. Current and future generation of development is focused on Linux platforms and hardware design. We are looking for a senior developer to design and develop innovative hyper-scale observability tools and platforms to help debug complex software defined networking issues.Join us as a Senior Software Engineer and help extend our auto-detection systems, work on business-critical incident investigations, grow as subject matter expert in detailed interaction of kernel level networking operations. In this role you will build novel tools for network debugging, mentor teammates and colleagues, interact with customers, and collaborate across organizations. You should have curiosity about system internals, effective communication, and experience with low level networking.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. ResponsibilitiesPartners with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for observability improvements.Contribute code to existing automation and monitoring frameworks.Build and deploy net new tools across production datacenters.Take ownership and drive mission critical customer escalations.Mentor and teach engineers across Azure to improve visibility, use of tools to diagnose, and scale learnings through improved documentation and training.Embody our culture and values