Software Engineer II
Microsoft
Microsoft’s Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) organization is the backbone of our expanding cloud infrastructure, powering the company’s “Intelligent Cloud” vision. SCHIE delivers the foundational technologies and infrastructure that support over 200 Microsoft services—including Azure, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, Bing, and more. From data center architecture to security, compliance, and global operations, SCHIE is committed to smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.
- Develop and optimize device drivers and software services that interact with the device on both Windows and Linux platforms.
- Collaborate with silicon, hardware, and platform teams to bring up new hardware and ensure seamless integration.
- Leverage AI and automation to improve development workflows, fleet management, and quality assurance.
- Provide technical leadership and contribute to engineering excellence across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain system-level software components, including device drivers and multithreaded services for Windows and/or Linux platforms.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware, firmware, and platform teams to define and deliver integrated solutions.
- Drive code quality through rigorous testing, code reviews, and continuous integration practices.
- Investigate and resolve complex system-level issues, including performance bottlenecks, concurrency bugs, and hardware-software integration challenges
Qualifications
- Required:
- 3+ years of experience in system software development, including device driver development on Windows or Linux.
- Strong proficiency in C and/or C++ with a deep understanding of memory management, concurrency, and performance optimization.
- Experience with multithreaded programming and synchronization primitives.
- Familiarity with kernel-mode and user-mode interactions, debugging tools (e.g., WinDbg, GDB), and hardware interfaces.
- Experince with windows or Linux or both kernel mode driver development experience (PCIe expertise would be bonus) . should also include debugging expertise (windbg/gdb)
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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