New 
Principal Software Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Jan 08, 2025 | |
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OverviewAzure is the world's leading cloud offering, trusted by hundreds of millions of users worldwide. The Azure platform needs to meet the performance demands of Azure, Microsoft's cloud services, and server application developers. The Azure and Edge Performance team works on the performance of core Azure components and services. We are responsible for understanding and improving performance end-to-end to help product teams reach performance and efficiency goals for key Azure scenarios. The Interruption Management Services team within Azure and Edge Performance focuses on ensuring the performance consistency of Azure Virtual Machines, collaborating with teams across Azure on the design and evaluation of the latest generation of platform technologies. Our team's work requires a combination of understanding low-level hardware and systems operation combined with building a fleet-wide data processing service, data analysisskillsandwide enough technical expertise forefficient cooperation with multiple complex ongoing internal Azure technology projects. We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer who will work with technical leaders to acquire a deep understanding of new technologies in areas including the Azure host and Hyper-V in order to collect the appropriate telemetry, create simulations and experiments, and iterate on performance optimization. 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.
ResponsibilitiesLearn and understand the latest developments in the Azure platform at a deep technical level, working with various teams and technical leaders on evaluating and mitigating the performance impact of new Azure platform changes and technologies.Design, conduct, and analyze the results of performance testing (with a focus on performance consistency) on various Azure hardware configurations using both internal and open-source tools.Lead cross-team efforts to improve performance and reliability across Azure.Work with various Azure platform teams to debug and root cause customer performance issues due to the Azure platform, while understanding and improving telemetry and debugging tools.Improve our team's data analysis services and pipelines with new capabilities, better analysis, and improved reliability at the scale of the entire Azure fleet. | |