Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and 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 Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally.

The Data Processing Unit (DPU) team brings together state-of-the-art software and hardware expertise to create a highly programmable and high-performance ASIC with the capability to efficiently handle large data streams. This role focuses on developing cutting-edge, high-performance scalable and programmable DPU software with emphasis on PCIe security and reliability features.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be a key contributor within our DPU driver software team, bringing your PCIe, security, and embedded development experience to contribute to DPU driver code and related host software and support. Your contributions will have a wide impact across Azure through the development of the latest generation PCIe adapter cards.

The position offers comprehensive benefits including industry-leading healthcare, educational resources, savings and investments, maternity/paternity leave, generous time away, and opportunities to network and connect. The role requires up to 50% work from home with 0-25% travel.

The base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year, with higher ranges for San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area ($180,400 - $294,000 per year). Additional benefits and compensation packages are available.