Software Engineer II - Virtualization and Kernel

Overview

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). Have you used Hyper-V today? Have you used Windows 11 today? How about Azure, or Copilot?
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.
Do you want to build that?
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.
Do you have experience with virtualization technologies?
If so, that's fantastic. If not, we want you to bring your current experience to the team and use it to transform yourself into a virtualization specialist. 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.
In Core OS, we are responsible for the Operating Systems that power Azure, Microsoft's Linux OS, the platforms for Windows Client and Xbox, and our Windows Server ecosystem - through all of these, we support every one of our cloud businesses and billions of customers around the world. In this era of ubiquitous computing, systems software excellence has never been more important for Microsoft. High quality, high-efficiency operating systems and platform components underpin everything we do as a company, from making our systems more reliable for our customers, to increasing our competitiveness by reducing COGS, to delivering new features and capabilities to delight customers - that's all us!
We are looking for a Software Engineer II - Virtualization and Kernel to join our team. To deliver on our charter, we're looking for talented engineers that are motivated to push boundaries and drive innovation in core CPU, memory, and device virtualization. You do not need Windows development experience to be successful in this role. Our team loves Linux too! If you're someone with a passion for virtualization and kernel development, please apply today!

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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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 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.

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with ccoding 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++.

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Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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