Overview
USD 100,600.00 - 199,000.00 per year
Full Time
Skills
Virtual Machines
Computer Hardware
Linux
Data Centers
IaaS
Mobile Development
Open Source
Accountability
Hyper-V
Collaboration
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Windows
Operating Systems
Device Drivers
Screening
PASS
Cloud Computing
Computer Science
C
C++
Rust
Hypervisor
CPU
Virtualization
Computer Networking
Software Engineering
Integrated Circuit
IC
Internal Communications
Legal
Recruiting
Microsoft
Job Details
The Virtualization Core Platform team is responsible for building foundational components of Microsoft's virtualization stack. This technology powers millions of virtual machines (VMs) across Microsoft services such as Azure, Windows, and Copilot, enabling secure and efficient cloud-scale operations.
As a Software Engineer II, you will work on low-level components of the virtualization platform, collaborating with silicon partners to enable new hardware features and improve performance, reliability, and security. The role involves designing and coding solutions for virtualization technologies, including support for containers and multiple platforms such as Linux, while contributing to innovations in CPU, memory, and device virtualization.
This position offers opportunities to work on distributed systems and virtualization technologies that transform datacenters and cloud infrastructure. You will help deliver solutions that support mobile application development, security enhancements, and open-source initiatives, impacting customers and services worldwide.
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.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: ;br>
Single reqs: Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 2, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
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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As a Software Engineer II, you will work on low-level components of the virtualization platform, collaborating with silicon partners to enable new hardware features and improve performance, reliability, and security. The role involves designing and coding solutions for virtualization technologies, including support for containers and multiple platforms such as Linux, while contributing to innovations in CPU, memory, and device virtualization.
This position offers opportunities to work on distributed systems and virtualization technologies that transform datacenters and cloud infrastructure. You will help deliver solutions that support mobile application development, security enhancements, and open-source initiatives, impacting customers and services worldwide.
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.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement new virtualization related features for Azure, Windows and Hyper-V.
- Collaborate with a dynamic team of engineers.
- Learn and share ideas continuously.
- Drive for quality in everything you do and continuously improve the quality of the systems on which you work.
- Provide technical input across the Azure and Windows teams.
- Embody ourcultureandvalues.
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++, or Rust.
- OR equivalent experience.
- 1+ year experience building operating system features, virtualization features, or device drivers.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
- OR related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, or Rust.
- OR Master'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++, or Rust.
- OR equivalent experience.
- 1+ year experience with hypervisors, low-level CPU and memory virtualization, schedulers, devices/accelerators, device assignment, protocols such as NVMe, accelerated networking, or GPUs.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: ;br>
Single reqs: Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 2, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
#azurecorejobs
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