Senior Software Engineer II

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer II at Microchip Technology Inc., you will be part of a team developing software tools for USB Hubs and PCIe/USB Ethernet controllers. Your role will involve designing and developing backend services and APIs, focusing on performance and reliability, while collaborating with various engineering teams.

What You'll Do

• Design and develop backend services and APIs with a focus on performance and reliability.
• Build and maintain service components in Rust or C++.
• Write clean, testable code and participate in code reviews.
• Integrate services with databases, message queues, and external systems as needed.
• Improve observability (logging, metrics, tracing) and troubleshooting production issues.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines and modern build tooling to streamline delivery.
• Collaborate with product and other engineering teams to deliver features end-to-end.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer/Electronics/Electrical Engineering with minimum of 7 - 10 years of software tools development experience.
• Strong experience in Rust and modern C++.
• Solid understanding of backend fundamentals (concurrency, networking, performance, security basics).
• Experience with modern build systems and tooling (e.g., Cargo, CMake, Bazel, Meson).
• Familiarity with Linux development environments and automated testing.
• Knowledge of version control (Git) and collaborative development workflows.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Willingness to work in a dynamic environment with multiple projects and deadlines.
• Team player but able to work independently - a self-starter, adaptable to rapidly changing market requirements.

Bonus Points

• gRPC and Protocol Buffers experience.
• Familiarity with Docker/containers and deployment workflows and software upgrade process are preferred.

Compensation

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