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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 passionate, high-energy 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 Principal Windows Driver Developer to join our DPU Runtime (OS) team responsible for developing cutting edge, high-performance scalable and programmable DPU software. You will be a Windows subject matter expert for the team who is responsible for architecting, developing and maintaining Windows drivers and related tools as part of the DPU host interface. You will bring Windows experience to the team, or a strong background in another Operating System with a desire to grow into a Windows developer.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design Windows Control Plane driver and tools for the DPU

• Develop, maintain and debug issues with the Driver and tools

• Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to other developers

• Mentor junior members of the team

• Be the subject matter expert on Windows Drivers for the team

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Operating Systems (Linux and/or Windows) and Computer Architecture

• Strong background in Embedded development

• Knowledge and working experience, or desire to learn, developing Windows drivers

• Strong knowledge of C/C++ programming languages

• Good software architectural and design sense

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .