Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.

Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to help  build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

​​Within Azure Data, the big data analytics team provides a range of products that enable data engineers and data scientists to extract intelligence from all data – structured, semi-structured, and unstructured. We are in the process of integrating our disparate products into Azure Synapse Analytics with a set of experiences that are meant to simplify and accelerate time to value.   ​

​​The Spark team in Fabric is looking to push the boundaries of what is possible, again. You can help rebuild the way analytics engines process data. We build services that enable big data developers to build mission critical applications with high levels of service level agreement (SLA). As a manager or IC in our team, you will have an opportunity to work on and extend open source software (OSS) technologies like Spark , Delta , Velox and Gluten as well as proprietary Microsoft services. You will help design & implement software components, participate in code reviews, design reviews, assist customers as needed to be able to leverage the service and keep the service running. You will support a team of talented engineers aiming to improve the abilities of what is possible with Spark today with industry leading performance, integration, security and reliability.
This will require exploring the frontiers of what is possible.

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In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. 

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • o OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of software engineering industry experience.
• 8+ years of programming experience in C++, Native, OR object-oriented programming

Other Requirements

• 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.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

• Solve problems by always leading with deep passion and empathy for customers
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/ Engineering/ Mathematics/ Physics/ IT related technical discipline
• Experience with database internals
• Experience with Machine Learning pipelines
• Experience with OSS components like the Spark eco system
• Experience with building scalable cloud services.
• Get excited by the challenge of hard technical problems
• Great curiosity and willingness to question
• 2+ years of experience leading organizations or managing teams to successfully deliver innovation in database systems

Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $161,600 - $286,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $209,600 - $314,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 1, 2024. 

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.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

• ​​Work with a team of passionate engineers to deliver success for customers
• Design, implement, test, and operate data services.
• Release features on time, with high quality, meeting functional, performance, scalability, and compliance requirements.
• Drive quality right from the design phase, incorporating best practices and engineering for testability.
• Solve problems relating to mission critical services and create solutions to prevent problem recurrence.
• Participate in product live site and operations.
• Mentor and grow our engineers to better deliver on the goals above

• Embody our Culture and Values 

  
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