About the Role

Software Engineer II role on the SONiC team at Microsoft, building software for Azure's massive data center network infrastructure. Focuses on switch/router software, packet forwarding, telemetry, and AI backend networks. Involves open-source community development and supporting high-speed networking hardware.

Key Responsibilities

• Works with stakeholders to determine user requirements for features
• Contributes to design documents and identifies dependencies
• Creates and implements code for products/services/features
• Breaks down larger work items and provides estimations
• Acts as on-call DRI to monitor and restore systems

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field AND 2+ years coding experience in C/C++/C#/Java/JavaScript/Python OR equivalent
• 1+ year experience in IP networking and/or distributed systems
• 1+ year experience in Linux operating system
• Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud Background Check

Nice to Have:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field AND 3+ years experience OR Bachelor's AND 5+ years
• 1+ years experience with Network OS, RDMA, switching/routing, BGP
• 1+ years experience with container-based technologies

Benefits & Perks

• Industry leading healthcare