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Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft
$119,800.00 - $234,700.00 / yr
United States, Texas, Irving
7000 State Highway 161 (Show on map)
Jan 18, 2026
Overview The Microsoft Azure Host Networking and Hardware Acceleration team is focused on building a high-performance and highly reliable network in the cloud. This team has a strong history of transforming research projects into foundational offerings that power Microsoft Azure. As a Senior Software Engineer,you will help build one of the fastest public cloud platforms, impacting millions of people worldwide. In this role, you will work on the Network Interface Card (NIC) and Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) team, contributing to projects that move from incubation to production. Your work will involve distributed systems and technologies such as RDMA and Input/Output (I/O) Virtualization, including delivering advanced RDMA solutions for artificial intelligence workloads. A passion for performance-driven design, robust testing methodologies, and thriving in a fast-paced environment is essential. 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. Responsibilities Partner with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios. Lead identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform. You will work with peers to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.You will leverage subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items. Hold ccountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions. Proactively seek new knowledge and adapt 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 and shares knowledge with other engineers. You will embody our culture and values. Qualifications Required Qualifications 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. Other Requirements 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 Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. 2+ years of technical experience with RDMA, computer networking, and general cloud technologies is preferred. #azurecorejobs Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.