Senior Software Engineer

<b>Overview</b><br><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Microsoft’s AI infrastructure is evolving rapidly to support the next generation of large-scale AI training and inference. The AI Frameworks (AIFx) Networking &amp; Systems Tools (NeST) organisation develops foundational system software that enables Microsoft’s Maia accelerator platforms across pre-silicon development, hardware bring-up, cloud integration and production cloud infrastructure that enables AI accelerators to operate reliably and efficiently at cloud scale.</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Within NeST, the India Development Centre is building end-to-end engineering competency across the Maia system software stack. Our work spans the boundary between distributed cloud systems and low-level accelerator software, including control-plane services, host and device management software, accelerator virtualisation, Kubernetes-based infrastructure, Developer/Debugger Infrastructure tools, hardware lifecycle management, reliability, telemetry and diagnostics.</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design and develop AI Accelerator Agent software and infrastructure for managing accelerator devices at cloud scale. You will work across distributed systems, networking, operating systems and device software, spanning both pre-silicon and post-silicon environments, with a focus on high-performance communication, device enablement, reliability and scalability.</span></div><div><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">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.</span></p></div><div> </div><br><br><b>Responsibilities</b><br><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Design and develop AI Accelerator Agent software for device configuration, monitoring and lifecycle management.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Build scalable communication between control-plane services, host agents and accelerator devices.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Develop and optimise networking for high throughput, low latency and resilient distributed communication.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Enable accelerator software across pre-silicon platforms, including FPGA, emulation, simulation and virtual platforms, through post-silicon hardware.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Develop device-enablement software integrating with operating systems, drivers, firmware and accelerator hardware.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Build AI hardware infrastructure capabilities and tools for node provisioning, configuration, health monitoring, diagnostics and lifecycle management.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Develop robust mechanisms for device health, state management, fault detection and recovery.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Collaborate across cloud, networking, driver, firmware, hardware and infrastructure teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Apply AI-assisted engineering practices across architecture, design, development, testing, debugging and documentation to improve engineering velocity and software quality.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Use AI-assisted workflows to accelerate code comprehension, network performance analysis, root-cause investigation, test development and systems debugging.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Leverage AI to automate repetitive engineering workflows and accelerate diagnosis of complex distributed-system, networking and device-level issues.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Use AI-assisted learning to deepen expertise across distributed systems, networking, accelerator architecture, drivers, firmware and hardware infrastructure.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Develop and share reusable AI-assisted engineering practices that improve team productivity, technical learning and domain competency.</span></div><div> </div><br><br><b>Qualifications</b><br><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Required Qualifications:</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field, or equivalent experience with 8+ years of industry relevant experience.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Strong programming skills in C/C++, C#, Rust, Go or similar systems programming languages.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Experience developing systems software, distributed systems or device-enablement software.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Strong knowledge of computer networking, network protocols, distributed communication, throughput and latency optimisation.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Experience enabling software across hardware development or validation environments, including pre-silicon and/or post-silicon platforms.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Strong understanding of concurrency, asynchronous programming, reliability, state management and failure recovery.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Strong system-level debugging and problem-solving skills.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Ability to effectively apply AI-assisted engineering tools and workflows to improve development velocity, debugging, testing and engineering quality.</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Preferred Qualifications:</strong></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Experience developing host/device agents or AI accelerator management software.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Experience with GPU, AI accelerator or heterogeneous compute infrastructure.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Experience with FPGA, hardware emulation, simulation or virtual platform environments.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Experience building infrastructure or tooling for compute-node provisioning, health management, diagnostics and device lifecycle management.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Experience with high-performance networking and large-scale distributed systems.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Experience with Linux, device drivers, firmware interfaces, PCIe, SR-IOV, PF/VF or device virtualisation.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Experience with telemetry, profiling, tracing and performance diagnostics.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Experience applying AI-assisted engineering to code analysis, network/system performance investigations, debugging, testing and engineering automation.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Experience using AI-enabled workflows to rapidly build technical expertise across complex systems and hardware domains</span></div><div><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#AIINFRA</span></div></div><div> </div> <br><p>This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.</p><br><hr><br><p>Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html"><b><u>requesting accommodations.</u></b></a></p>