About the Role

Software Engineer II role in Azure HPC/AI team, focusing on designing and delivering next-gen AI training platforms. Responsibilities include hardware/software interactions, device virtualization, and performance analysis of GPU workloads in VMs. This position impacts Microsoft's AI infrastructure and initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyzes functionality, integration, and performance issues at hardware/software stack levels
• Designs and codes solutions to improve correctness, stability, and performance of AI training VMs
• Optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code for performance and maintainability
• Acts as Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and collaborates on-call for system monitoring
• Develops playbooks and maintains communication with partners across Microsoft ecosystem

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field OR equivalent experience
• Technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• Experience in HPC or Machine Learning
• Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud Background Check security screening

Nice to Have:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field OR equivalent experience
• Familiarity with Machine Learning, AI Infrastructure, Operating Systems fundamentals, virtualization, Accelerators
• Experience on Distributed Systems, HPC/ML middleware, Co-Designing Hardware-Software, Profiling and Performance Analysis Tools

Benefits & Perks

• Industry leading healthcare