We are hiring an SDE-II for an exciting opportunity in the Azure Confidential Computing team. Protecting confidential data in a cloud system is a major challenge that cloud service providers face, and we take on this challenge. By using cutting-edge technologies, emerging hardware such as Intel(r) SGX and AMD(r) SEV-SNP and lots of inovation, our team works to create a trusted computing environment for our customers. Find out more about what we do at: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-ca/solutions/confidential-compute/. We are a fun loving team and we value a collaborative workplace. Confidential computing is an emerging technology, this is your opportunity to be part of this new paradigm with lots of scope to contribute alongside learning with great people on challenging problems. 

Responsibilities

We work on designing and implementing solutions to enable new Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) in Azure. Our team works on low level SW stack, such as kernels, programing language runtimes, SDKs and Container runtimes.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of professional software development experience using C or C++
• 1+ years of professional software development experience using Python or Go
• 2+ years of development either on Windows or Linux environment
• BS in computer science or engineering or equivalent years of work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong design and coding skills, preferably with Linux / Open Source Software (OSS) technologies.
• Demonstrated problem solving and debugging skills.
• Experience in Linux operating system internals is a plus.
• Knowledge / experience with the virtualization technology is a plus.
• Basic cryptography and low level system knowledge.

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

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.

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.