Drive innovation with the latest hardware and software technology for hyperscale cloud storage. Our Azure Storage team is building next generation storage solutions including for new workloads like AI training and inferencing. We constantly strive to improve security, reliability, performance, and efficiency at tremendous scale. We continually evaluate opportunities to add new features into our storage services to enhance our ability to support AI workloads which are informed by supporting partners such as OpenAI. This is a great opportunity to grow your career and sharpen your technical skills.   As a Principal Software Engineer - Azure Storage, you will have a technical leadership role. You will be involved in all phases of ensuring Azure Storage remains the most innovative, available and durable storage in the world. This opportunity will allow you to learn about state-of-the-art techniques for building one of the most scalable storage systems in the world, about distributed systems design at cloud scale, about what it takes to support AI workloads for our largest AI customers, and about how new hardware innovations like DPUs can be leveraged in such systems.   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. Required Qualifications: <ul><li>Bachelors 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 <ul><li>OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></li><li>8+ years of systems experience in hands-on development of reliable and performant distributed systems.  </li></ul> Other Requirements: <ul><li>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.</li></ul> Preferred Qualifications: <ul><li>Bachelors Degree in Computer Science OR related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C#, Java or Python <ul><li>OR Masters Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C#, Java or Python</li><li>OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></li><li>Experiences with storage systems in the areas like availability, remote copy, high performance, durability schemes. </li><li>Knowledge of distributed systems. </li></ul>Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay" target="_blank">https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 16, 2025.  Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/accommodationrequest" target="_blank">Accommodation request form</a>. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work. #Azurecorejobs<ul><li>Lead identification of areas of innovation to excel at support of AI workloads for our leading customers. </li></ul><ul><li>Identify critical performance, efficiency, data availability and durability improvements necessary across the portfolio of storage offerings. </li></ul><ul><li>Determine necessary improvement plans and their priorities and document work needed, including any dependencies. </li></ul><ul><li>Hands-on leadership of the engineering work needed to drive performance and efficiency improvements and to drive innovative new features. Partner with the engineering teams responsible for the different offerings to ensure adoption and success. </li></ul><ul><li>Develop or partner to drive innovation to enhance data durability, availability and failure tolerance across the storage fleet while minimizing impact on performance and cost. </li></ul><ul><li>Develop and document new ideas and prototype them in partnership with others as needed. Work with appropriate stakeholders (Leadership Team, Product Management) to drive new ideas to success. </li></ul><ul><li>Hold accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor systems/products/services for degradation, downtime, or interruptions. </li></ul><ul><li>Proactively seek new knowledge and adapt to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale. </li></ul>