The Principal Software Engineer will join the DPU Integrations and Operational Excellence team within Microsoft's Azure Hardware Systems & Infrastructure group. This role focuses on designing, building, testing, and deploying automation tools for control and data plane software on custom-built silicon. The engineer will manage field incidents, maintain dashboards, and collaborate cross-functionally to resolve issues. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to innovative products deployed at a global scale.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.

• Design, build, test, and deploy innovative integration and diagnostics tools.
• Provide technical leadership to teams and create quality plans for DPU-based compute products.
• Lead the team by monitoring test plan execution and ensuring testing efficiency.
• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guide engineers in monitoring systems for degradation.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to debug field issues and drive sessions to identify root causes.
• Maintain dashboards of live and dormant cases and key performance indicators.
• Incorporate feedback from field issues into the engineering development and testing process.

• Employees at Microsoft are often offered comprehensive, “world-class” benefits—including health and mental-wellness programs, competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards, and retirement/savings options. Time-off and flexibility are common, with generous vacation and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, and flexible work schedules, alongside learning support, employee resource groups, product discounts, and matching-gifts/volunteering programs. Specific benefits can vary by region.