Senior Software Engineer Job at Microsoft Corporation (Bangalore)

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
India , Bangalore

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Description:

Do you want to be at the forefront of innovating the latest hardware designs to propel Microsoft’s cloud growth? Are you seeking a unique career opportunity that combines technical capabilities, cross-team collaboration with business insight and strategy? This Senior Software Engineer role with a focus on supporting hardware/software co-design and evaluation of novel systems architecture concepts to improve datacenter performance, efficiency, and reliability might be the right one for you.

Job Responsibility:

Develop a deep understanding of workloads across key Azure segments and lead detailed performance evaluation of usage scenarios
Orchestrate experimental setups to evaluate workload performance and inform architecture decisions for effective hardware/software co-design
Guide architecture for next-generation technologies through functional and performant PoC definitions and end-to-end prototyping
Support pathfinding to identify and quantify optimization opportunities with distributed and disaggregated system architectures
Support hardware validation and software enabling teams towards productization

Requirements:

7+ years of technical engineering experience OR Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years of technical engineering experience OR Master’s degree in Electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years of technical engineering experience OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years of technical engineering experience
5+ years of experience with system performance evaluation using industry standard benchmarks and/or common cloud workloads
5+ years of experience with significant hardware/software co-design projects involving CPU and/or systems architecture and influencing technical direction
Intellectual curiosity and passion for learning and deploying new technologies
Verbal and written communication skills and ability to engage technical & non-technical peers
Experience contributing to complex projects with respect and integrity, including those with multiple workstreams spanning different business and technical disciplines
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role

Nice to have:

Deep expertise in CPU, memory and I/O virtualization hardware and software architecture
Skilled in partnering and influencing architects, hardware engineers, and software leads
Experience with gathering and analyzing system telemetry and low-level performance counters to identify and root-cause performance bottlenecks
Problem-solving skills, analytical capabilities, and attention to detail
Ability to manage through ambiguity, teamwork, and sense of presumed responsibility

What we offer:

Microsoft supports your growth through training, mentorship, and career development programs
This role offers hybrid work flexibility, with upto 40% work from home time

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 14, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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