Senior Software Engineer - Azure Storage
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Nevada, Reno | |
| 6840 Sierra Center Parkway (Show on map) | |
 Sep 04, 2025 | |
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OverviewAre you passionate about cloud computing, large scale distributed systems engineering problems and working on bleeding edge technology at massive scale? The Microsoft Azure Storage Engineering team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Azure Storage to work on system development and modeling across hardware and software platforms. In this role, you will drive requirements and specifications, analyze system performance, and deliver code and releases for systems that model performance, capacity, and financials for Azure Storage platform systems. You will also shape product vision and business strategy for these tools, ensuring that architecture and implementation meet scalability, reliability, and security needs.As a part of our team, you will lead multiple areas, including development of internal tools, understanding and diagnosing storage and networking telemetry, and providing inputs that improve reliability through prediction. You will use simulation modeling to assess advanced technology system behavior under varied scenarios and inform capacity decisions. You will work across teams, internal and external, to influence system architecture for improved performance and reliability. You will evaluate hardware acceleration options and security requirements, and design tools that can propose hardware configurations from workload and Service Level Objective (SLO) inputs. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
ResponsibilitiesDesigns and implements code for products, services, or features, reusing existing code where applicable, and sets technical standards for modeling and simulation tools, including the use of agentic software development techniques to automate analysis, experimentation, and diagnostics.Stays current with developments and applies new knowledge to improve availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance at scale, including advances in acceleration and security.Supports sustaining efforts for Storage fleet platforms, performing root cause analysis and completing resolution for high impact issues. | |