# Principal Software Engineer - Azure Storage

OverviewThe Azure Storage team is chartered with building, managing, and operating the persistent cloud storage platform for Microsoft Azure. We are one of the foundational services in Azure and host data from some of the largest companies in the world, as well as Microsoft’s own major online businesses. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer - Azure Storage, who has strong technical expertise in low-level storage systems, datapath, and kernel-mode programming, and is passionate about building the next-generation storage platform to support new workloads like AI training and inference. If you love large-scale distributed systems and enjoy working on projects where you can define the scope, direction, and architecture of solutions that make a massive impact on Azure Storage, this could be the role for you! You will have the opportunity to make high-impact contributions every day as you build a hyperscale storage system. You’ll be joining a talented, highly collaborative team responsible for engineering the lowest-level and most fundamental layers of Azure Storage. In this role, you will provide hands on technical leadership and help build the next generation of storage ser

- **Id**: 4288801
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/microsoft-principal-software-engineer-azure-storage-4>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
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- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T22:35:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T22:32:24Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
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- **Industries**: Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Office & Productivity Software, Gaming Consoles, Developer Tools

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- **Name**: Microsoft
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## Salary

- **Min**: 142800
- **Max**: 274800
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- **Usd annual**: 274800

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- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no

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- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

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- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T22:32:24Z

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