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Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft

Department: Software Engineering

Setup
On-site
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

Microsoft is hiring a Principal Software Engineer for its Specialized Cloud team to develop and integrate reliable storage, file systems, clustering, virtualization, and distributed cloud-edge solutions for Windows and Linux environments. The role involves designing scalable systems, debugging complex interoperability and performance issues, leading engineering standards, and using AI to accelerate reliable software delivery. Candidates need extensive distributed-systems and systems-level software experience, including C/C++/Rust, kernel or device-driver development, storage technologies, and multithreaded programming.

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