About the position
The Virtualization Core Platform hypervisor team is looking for a talented, highly motivated software engineer to work on foundational components of the Microsoft virtualization stack. We are looking for enthusiastic candidates who can learn quickly and are skilled at design and coding at a systems level (e.g., kernel, hypervisor, firmware). Millions of users interact with Hyper-V daily. Hyper-V is the backbone of the cloud and nearly all of Microsoft's online properties, including Azure, are running on Hyper-V. That's millions of virtual machines hosting the services that people use every day. Join the Virtualization Core Platform Hypervisor team and become a key part of Microsoft's technical strategy. We're at the center of some of the most relevant and rapidly evolving technology areas in the company. We're transforming datacenters and the cloud with classic virtualization technologies as well as exciting new investments in lightweight containers. We're enabling exciting new technology on Windows desktop systems for mobile application development and security. We are embracing innovation across multiple platforms like Linux and extending our investments in support of Open Source projects. In this position, you'll be part of a team of highly capable engineers working on the lowest level components of Microsoft's virtualization platform. You'll be working closely with all of Microsoft's key silicon partners to enable new hardware features and push the boundaries of performance, reliability, security, and more. We're looking for a passionate, innovative, and versatile engineer.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement new virtualization related features for Azure, Windows and Hyper-V.
- Collaborate with a dynamic team of engineers, including mentoring engineers in the workgroup.
- Drive for quality in everything you do and continuously improve the quality of the systems on which you work.
- Collaborate across team boundaries to define and drive team charter and vision.
- Provide technical input across the Windows Core and Azure teams.
- Embody our culture and values.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- 1+ year experience building virtualization, operating system, device drivers, or firmware features.
Nice-to-haves
- Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C or C++ OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C or C++.
Benefits
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
