Principal Data Processing Unit Software Engineer

at  Microsoft

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 Microsoft’s 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, high-energy 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 looking for a Principal DPU Software Engineer – Confidential Compute to join our team and help shape the DPU’s confidential compute infrastructure. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing the DPU runtime software features related to confidential computing. You will work closely with hardware engineers, firmware engineers, and system architects to ensure the DPU software stack meets the requirements of security, performance, and scalability. You will also collaborate with other teams across Microsoft to integrate the DPU solution into various cloud scenarios and applications. You will apply your expertise in low-level programming, cryptography, security, and distributed systems to deliver cutting-edge solutions that enable new possibilities for cloud computing.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years technical experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, Python, and assembly
• 4+ years’ experience in embedded software development and system design
• 3+ years of experience in SW / HW interfaces, simulations, and systems bring-up
• Experience shipping reliable software products to millions of devices
• Experience in small, high security runtimes: L4/seL4, QNX, hypervisors or SGX runtimes
• Experience developing in silicon emulation platforms such as FPGA
• Experience in software development for high-performance I/O applications

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

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:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 8+ years technical experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Python, assembly and rust
• Proficiency in embedded software development and kernel expertise
• Strong systems design sense
• Experience shipping reliable software products to billions of devices
• Experience in high performance distributed & asynchronous operating systems
• Experience in secure runtimes for highly secure deployments
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• Drive the design and architecture of the core DPU runtime software and work with silicon design teams on DPU confidential compute features
• Implement secure extensions to a high-performance runtime for custom silicon
• Collaborate with partner teams to align strategies, improve processes and ensure the successful execution of projects
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the team, promoting adoption of best practices in embedded software design
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and lead initiatives to enhance efficiency and productivity within the team