Principal Software Engineer- PostgreSQL development

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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. Our mission is to 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 databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings.

The Azure PostgreSQL databases team is hiring Principal Software Engineer to be part of PostgreSQL Engine team. We are looking for a hands-on engineer with experience in database internals, building distributed database systems who is very hands-on and passionate about PostgreSQL.

Our team consists of opensource PostgreSQL committers and contributors. You will be working with a geographically distributed and diverse team. You will get a chance to work on cutting edge database features across the PostgreSQL eco-system spanning from low level I/O, Storage subsystem to user facing query improvements. You will get to work closely with PostgreSQL community consisting of developers and users from many parts of the world and organizations.

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Required/Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree OR Master's Degree OR Equivalent experience in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field 
  • 15+ yrs total experience and 6+ years experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling or data engineering work.
  • Expertise in Open Source PostgreSQL Engine development. 

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.

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. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form (Accessibility | Microsoft Careers).

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In our team:

• We spend our days collaborating with each other, learning from a diverse set of world class engineers and the PostgreSQL community.
• We develop, test, and iterate on patches every day and work on building consensus on ideas with fellow community members.
• We work with PostgreSQL community to make PostgreSQL better on a day in day-out basis.
• We work on v0.01 projects based involving changes to PostgreSQL core engine.
• We are comfortable taking time out to consider, discuss and arrive at consensus on the long-term impact of architectural and design choices we make.

In this role you will come up with architectural changes, design, and develop enhancements in PostgreSQL engine.  Additionally, you will review design proposals, architectural modification, and code changes. You will also have an opportunity to technical mentor team members. This opportunity caters to someone with deep architectural knowledge of PostgreSQL engine.

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