Senior Software Engineer - Runtime (OS) PCIe
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 18, 2026. Microsoft scores B on the Alion truth index.
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 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 partners worldwide and we are looking for engineers to help achieve that mission.
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. Thanks to its integrated design, this solution empowers teams to operate with increased agility and deliver significantly superior performance compared to CPU-based alternatives.
We are seeking a Snr Software Engineer to join our DPU Runtime (OS) PCIe team responsible for developing cutting edge, high-performance scalable and programmable DPU software with a focus on next generation PCIe device firmware development. You will be a key contributor within our DPU driver software team. You will bring your PCIe, 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.
Responsibilities
- Architect and design PCIe firmware for the DPU with an emphasis on device security
- Develop, maintain and debug PCIe issues, including use of protocol analyzers
- Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to other developers
- Mentor the team members
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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, OR equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of Embedded and/or Operating System Kernel development experience
- 5+ years of experience designing and architecting complex software systems
- 3+ years of experience in technical leadership and/or mentoring
- Experience with PCIe protocol analyzers
- Experience with storage protocols such as NVMe
- Experience with PCIe switches and fabrics
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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