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 next generation storage solutions including for new workloads like AI training and inferencing. If you love large-scale distributed systems and enjoy working on innovative projects where you can define the scope, direction, and architecture of solutions that deliver a massive impact on Azure Storage, this could be the role for you!
You’ll be joining a talented, highly collaborative team responsible for engineering the lowest, most fundamental layers of Azure Storage. You will provide technical leadership to build the next generation of Storage Servers with Data Processing Units using advanced Erasure Coding algorithms to ensure high availability, durability, and cost efficiency of data storage, while scaling effectively, eliminating system bottlenecks, optimizing performance, and enhancing resiliency. This role offers exposure to cutting-edge storage, memory, networking, and distributed systems technologies, with significant opportunities to influence both the business and the industry.
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