Microsoft Azure is a highly distributed and scalable cloud system designed to serve the compute and storage needs of the entire world.

Azure storage holds Exabytes of data and Azure compute hosts applications from the largest businesses, through governments to retail and startups.

To keep up with the requirements of tomorrow’s digital data processing, our team is designing and implementing new FPGA-based accelerators. If you are interested and passionate about cutting edge hardware + software solutions to enable performance and scalability at the highest levels, and want to make a difference to millions of people around the world - then Azure HW acceleration may be the place for you!

Responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced SW Engineer for the team in Haifa, Israel.

Responsibilities include architecture, design and implementation of kernel drivers, cloud diagnostic and monitoring tools and automation in a cross-team collaboration to define the next generation of acceleration and offload capabilities.

This is a great opportunity to join a fast growing team that aims to impact one of the largest scale software systems ever deployed. 

Qualifications

Technical skills and expertise:

• 10+ years of experience in software development and SW architecture.
• Solid knowledge in kernel programming and device drivers
• Experience in architecture and development of complex SW-HW systems, load balancing of large systems, performance optimizations and cost reduction.
• Experience with virtualization technologies and architecture (SRIOV, Hyper-V)

Soft skills:

• Fluent and clear design documentation, presentation and explanation skills.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary groups and people both locally and abroad.
• Ability to work independently and bring a project from conception to production.

Knowledge/experience in one of these areas is a plus:

• WDF, Windows internals and good understanding of the Windows drivers ecosystem and development process.
• Linux Kernel Drivers
• Familiarity with real-time SW/FW or embedded systems in ASIC or FPGA.
• Experience with storage systems
• Experience with Networking in Data Centers
• Experience with public cloud

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. 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.