Come build an Operating System (OS) for a new generation of secure Internet of Things (IoT) devices. You will help deliver a product that makes our expanding digital world safer. As a Senior Engineer in Azure Sphere, you will design, build, and maintain a customizable Linux-based OS distribution for embedded devices, the Azure Sphere OS. You will also design and implement a system of tools and libraries that enable developers to build IoT applications to run on this OS. You will work across a broad range of areas of OS development, including libraries, frameworks, and applications models.

The Azure Sphere team at Microsoft is on a mission to empower every organization on the planet to create and connect secure and trustworthy IoT devices. Over 9 billion embedded devices are produced globally each year, and our team is developing the most secure end-to-end solution to connect these devices to the Internet.

Our end-to-end solution consists of Azure Sphere certified silicon, a novel OS architecture built on the Linux kernel, an SDK and developer tools, and the Azure Sphere Security Service. Together these components of Azure Sphere provide durable security for IoT devices—allowing organizations to realize durable value from their IoT investments. To learn more, visit www.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-sphere. 

The Azure Sphere team believes that innovation is accelerated by a diverse team of engineers empowered through a shared commitment to a culture of fearlessness, kindness, and trustworthiness, and grounded in a growth mindset. Together we are making the world more secure, and we are looking for an engineer to join our team. 

Come join us!  Team members have unparalleled opportunity to rapidly learn new skill sets, build pioneering solutions, and get exposure to a wide array of technologies. To learn more about this exciting project, please visit www.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-sphere. 

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Responsibilities

• Design and build a customizable Linux-based OS for embedded devices, the Azure Sphere OS.
• Design and implement core system services, OS components, tools, and security features that empower our users to build powerful solutions on the Azure Sphere platform.
• Design and implement solutions to distribute the developer tools and Azure Sphere OS components at scale.
• Work across a broad range of areas of OS development, including libraries, frameworks, tools, and application models.
• Collaborate with OSS projects to make the most of Azure Sphere’s powerful features.
• Improve product quality through functional, performance, and stress testing strategies.
• Collaborate with internal partners to deliver new functionality that spans multiple layers in the Azure Sphere stack.
• Help the team follow best practices for software development, including learning about and applying modern security principles to the core product.

Qualifications

Required:

• 5+ years of software design and development experience.
• A bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field OR 4 years of equivalent work experience. 
• Experience developing software using object-oriented languages like Python or C++.

Preferred:

• Experience with the Yocto Project is a plus.
• Experience developing for one or more embedded platforms.
• 3+ years of experience designing and developing features in any of the following areas: operating system kernels, firmware software, virtualization and hypervisors, and operating system building and distribution.
• Experience developing for Linux.

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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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