New 
Principal Software Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Texas, Irving | |
| 7000 State Highway 161 (Show on map) | |
 Jul 30, 2025 | |
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OverviewThe Azure Container Networking group is re-imagining how hyper scale orchestrators-AzureKubernetesService (AKS), AzureContainerApps (ACA), serverless platforms, and tomorrow's Artificial Intelligence (AI) native runtimes-connect, protect, and observe billions of containers in realtime.Our charter is to deliver lightning fast networking foundations that empower critical enterprise customers to innovate with confidence while meeting the unprecedented demands of large scale AI workloads.As a Principal Software Engineer you will architect and build next generation frameworks that provision connectivity, deep observability, and layered security across distributed container fleets.Your work will span dataplane and control plane services, high performance extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) based datapaths, and cloud Application Programming Interface (APIs) that integrate seamlessly with open source projects like Cilium and Retina.You will also drive an agenticAI platform that reasons over massive telemetry streams to automatically troubleshoot, optimize, and harden the network-enabling "AI for AI" orchestration at cloud scale.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.
ResponsibilitiesDesign and lead scalable, resilient networking services powering AKS, ACA, and emerging serverless/AI runtimes.Develop eBPF driven connectivity, observability, and security extensions in collaboration with the Cilium/Retina Open Source Software (OSS) communities; contribute code, design docs, and upstream RFCs.Build agentic AI systems that ingest multi cloud telemetry, apply Large Language Model (LLM) based reasoning, and drive automated remediation, capacity planning, and threat detection.Influence architecture across Azure Networking, Compute, and AI Platform teams, ensuring seamless customer experiences and enterprise grade reliability.Mentor and technically lead engineers; foster an inclusive, growth mindset culture centered on opensource excellence and customer obsession.Partner with product, PM, and field teams to deliver features end to end, from ideation to production rollout and global adoption.Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.Other:Embody our Culture and Values | |