Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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Overview
Microsoft Silicon and Cloud Hardware 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 AI, Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions.
In partnership with the Azure Service teams, we are on a mission to deliver the hardware, software, services, and infrastructure roadmap that enables users to run technical computing workloads on Azure. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide The SCHIE HW Diagnostic Engineering team plays a critical role in designing and developing diagnostic software solutions for Server and Rack Infrastructure components that are deployed for Microsoft's online services. We work closely with Microsoft product groups, industry partners and researchers to architect and develop server diagnostics solutions to support diagnostics and servicing of the hardware that supports our cloud services platforms.
We are looking for a highly motivated, self-driven Software Engineer with a good understanding of Server and Infrastructure Hardware components that are deployed in the Cloud Data Centers and their Diagnostics using Linux Technologies and Open source standards. An engineer who is also capable of designing, developing and leveraging AI/ML solutions as a natural extension of their software engineering skills, and one who ensures ethical and responsible use of AI technologies.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Masters or BE in Computer Science, Electronics or Electrical Engineering with 8+ years of hands-on experience in C/C++/C# in Linux and Windows Server environments
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in solving hardware and software problems in PC, Enterprise server or Cloud Server required (X86 environment and/or ARM64). Experience with cloud-scale architecture and infrastructure.
- Experience Designing and Developing AI-driven agentic frameworks to enhance autonomous decision-making and task execution. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI solutions into existing systems and workflows
- Proven experience in leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve business use cases.
- Passion for remote problem solving and automation in the cloud environment is essentials.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Hands on experience in developing Diagnostic Code as well as skills to work in a laboratory environment is a plus.
- In-depth knowledge of hardware, software, AI/ML algorithms and cloud technologies
- Track record in working with Silicon vendors (CPU, SoC, FPGA, GPU, etc.) and ODMs
- Command on several of the key technology areas such as CPU, GPU, chipsets, motherboards, FPGA, BIOS, BMC, memory, PCIe, storage, networking, Power, Thermal and familiarity with manufacturing and system integration processes for cloud servers and racks.
- Proven track record of successfully influencing Partners and Leadership at all levels of the organization
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but not limited to Microsoft Cloud Background Check at hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Responsibilities
- Design and Architecture for Linux Diagnostics by collaborating with technical leaders and SMEs (Subject Matter Experts) within Microsoft as well as with external partners & vendors in the industry
- Develop & deploy HW diagnostic software based using Linux technologies and tools for various HW sub-systems that are part of Microsoft Azure Server workloads including AI Development of modules using C, C++, C# in Linux as well as Windows environments and help setup the DEVOPS pipeline
- Development of scripts (PowerShell, C#, Python, Pearl, Linux BASH) to support diagnostics of various server HW .Stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in Diagnostics technologies, and provide thought leadership in this domain