Senior Software Engineer

Location: Mountain View
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsofts over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for passionate engineers to help achieve that mission. The Data Processing Unit (DPU) team brings together state-of-the-art software and hardware expertise to create a highly programmable and high-performance ASIC with the capability to efficiently handle large data streams. Thanks to its integrated design, this solution empowers teams to operate with increased agility and deliver significantly superior performance compared to CPU-based alternatives. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our DPU Runtime (OS) PCIe team responsible for developing cutting edge, high-performance, scalable and programmable DPU software for our next generation Silicon. You will bring your PCIe and embedded software development experience to contribute to the DPU PCIe code base. Your contributions will have a wide impact across Azure through the development of the latest generation PCIe adapter cards. 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. Qualifications Minimum Qualification: Bachelors 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++ programing experience OR equivalent experience. 3 years of Embedded and/or Operating System Kernel development experience 3 years of experience designing and architecting complex software systems Other Requirements: 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. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with PCIe Gen6 Experience with PCIe IDE/TDISP Experience with PCIe protocol analyzers Experience with I/O virtualization, including PCIe SR-IOV Experience with protocol analyzers and debugs Experience with Hardware Emulation Experience with NVMe Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $153,600 - $250,200 per year. Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 17th, 2025 Responsibilities Design and develop PCIe firmware and software for the DPU Develop, maintain and debug PCIe issues, including use of protocol analyzers Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to other developers Develop enhancements for software simulations of hardware Embody our culture and values.

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