Principal Software Engineer - Azure Core Storage Team
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 United States, Texas, Irving | |
| 7000 State Highway 161 (Show on map) | |
 Jul 13, 2025 | |
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OverviewJoin the Azure Core Storage Team: Where Innovation Meets Impact! Are you ready to be part of a team that powers the backbone of Azure Virtual Machines (VMs)? The Azure Core Storage team is at the forefront of delivering the Storage Virtualization platform to Azure VMs, handling trillions of IOs every day across hundreds of datacenters and thousands of clusters worldwide.As a Principal Software Engineer - Azure Core Storage Team on our team, you will be at the heart of designing and implementing cutting-edge software for this platform.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.
ResponsibilitiesDesign and develop system software that manages storage services in Azure.Ensure that services and components are designed with appropriate telemetry and health signals to enable remote monitoring and debugging.Rapidly deploy cloud-scale solutions and monitor health through telemetry.Drive for quality in everything you do and continuously improve the quality of the systems you work on.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.Embody our culture and values | |