Senior Software Engineer - Networking Control Plane at Microsoft

Santa Clara, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

22 Nov, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, RUST, Networking, Telemetry, Control Plane, DPUs, NICs, CI/CD, Scripting, Automation, Performance

Industry

Software Development

Description

Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario. Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform. Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI). Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items. Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate. Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts 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. Bachelor's 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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Experience in RUST programming Knowledge of Networking Packet forwarding plane functions within a programmable NIC or Data center switch Experience in networking telemetry implementation within a programmable NIC or Data center switch Experience in developing software servicing support for the control plane within a programmable NIC or Data center switch Experience in developing networking software on DPUs or programmable NICs or other hardware offload architectures CI/CD Experience: Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices for streamlined software development and deployment processes Scripting for Developer Tools: Proficiency in scripting languages to build and enhance developer tools, automating repetitive tasks and improving workflow efficiency.

Responsibilities

The Senior Software Engineer collaborates with stakeholders to determine user requirements and drives the development of design documents. They create, implement, optimize, and debug code while guiding other engineers and monitoring system performance.