Principal Software Engineer Bangalore Karnataka India 1 more location Date postedJul 30 2025 Job number1853434 Work siteUp to 50 work from home Travel0-25 Role typeIndividual Contributor ProfessionSoftware Engineering DisciplineSoftware Engineering Employment typeFull-Time Overview Microsoft Silicon Cloud Hardware and Infrastructure Engineering SCHIE is the team behind Microsoft s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft s Intelligent Cloud mission SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft s over 200 online businesses including Bing MSN Office 365 Xbox Live Teams OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure security and compliance operations globalization and manageability solutions Our focus is on smart growth high efficiency and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for passionate high-energy engineers to help achieve that mission The Data Processing Unit DPU team brings together state-of-the-art software and hardware expertise to create a highly programmable and high-performance ASIC with the capability to efficiently handle large data streams Thanks to its integrated design this solution empowers teams to operate with increased agility and deliver significantly superior performance compared to CPU-based alternatives We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our DPU Runtime OS team responsible for developing cutting edge high-performance scalable and programmable DPU software with a focus on hardware accelerators driver software development You will be a key contributor within our DPU software team You will bring your OS and embedded development experience to contribute to DPU driver code in DPU Runtime OS Your contributions will have a wide impact across Azure through the development of the latest DPU based generation of Compute and Storage server platforms Qualifications 10 years of technical expereince Robust knowledge of C C programming languages Strong understanding of complex embedded systems Strong understanding of computer architecture and operating systems Strong understanding of cache coherency and memories Strong understanding of complex embedded systems Experience in writing device drivers in one or more operating systems Good software architectural and design sense Good work ethic with can do attitude 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 Responsibilities Design and development of the software drivers for the DPU hardware accelerators Development and support of the software for DPU fabric subsystem Write performance and stress test suite for the hardware accelerators and fabric subsystems Develop maintain and debug DPU low level software modules and debug tools Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to other developers Benefits perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work Industry leading healthcare Educational resources Discounts on products and services Savings and investments Maternity and paternity leave Generous time away Giving programs Opportunities to network and connect 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 and or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process read more about requesting accommodations

📌 Principal Software Engineer (Karnataka)
🏢 Microsoft
📍 Karnataka