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Principal Software Engineer - Storage

Microsoft
$139,900.00 - $274,800.00 / yr
United States, Texas, Austin
Feb 23, 2026
Overview MicrosoftSilicon and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft's expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft's "Intelligent Cloud" mission. CHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype,OneDriveand the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partnersworldwideand we are looking for passionate, high-energy engineers to help achieve that mission. As Microsoft's cloud business continues togrowthe ability to deploy new offerings and HW infrastructure on time,inhigh volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the Silicon Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) team is instrumental in defining and delivering measures of success for hardware design, qualification, fleet support, scale, and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. Azure Memory and Storage Center of Excellence (AMSCoE) is part of the SCHIE organization focusing on Memory and Storage devices going into the Cloud hardware servers. AMSprovidememory and storage solutions to Azure, drivememoryand storage suppliers to deliver high quality products, meeting our requirements. We are looking for a Principal Cloud Engineer-Storage to scale Azure's Fault Self-Healing and Failure Prediction systems. You will own theendtoendtechnical design and execution of thefault preventionecosystem, spanning telemetry, ML models, automation, isolation logic, firmware interactions, and repair workflows,operatingat hyperscale across millions of nodes. The role directlyimpactscustomer uptimeandfleet availability. #SCHIE #Azure Responsibilities Design and buildbest-in-classfleetresiliencysystemsfor storage devicesatscale Develop scalable live monitoring capabilities, faultdetectionandrepairsolutions Design features for SSDs and Storage Accelerator firmware deployment Lead collaboration projects with hardware,firmwareand software teams thatfault reduction projects Build automationto drive repair efficiencyforstorageoperationsintheproduction fleet Collaborate with suppliers to design reliable, high performance and quality storage devices Analyze data toidentify, prototype, and drive the implementation of technical and process improvements to increase the predictability, agility, and quality of Azure systems Actively support Azure service stakeholders Qualifications Required Qualifications: Do you have Bachelor'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 equivalent experience? Other: Abilityto meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements isrequiredfor this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will berequiredto pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. Preferred Qualifications: M.S. Computer or Electrical Engineering 12+ years of SSD firmware engineering development experience 8+ years of NVMe and PCIe experience Deep expertise in SSD virtualization, reliability, fault analysis, and livesite operations. Lead endtoend design decisions across detection, prediction, mitigation, and repair of SSDs in hyper scale environment. Design componentagnostic reliability frameworks that work across different components Proven ability to build automation heavy systems that operate safely at hyperscale. Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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.