Principal Software Engineer

Overview:

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, and more openness, and the sky is the limit of thinking in a cloud-enabled world.

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer with 10+ years of relevant experience. 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. 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 database team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable a 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 Data SQL Security Auditing team, which is a compliance module for SQL is seeking people who are passionate about creating a secure distributed service that can handle massive scale, high performance, and high reliability, for Azure SQL. With good coding skills and knowledge on the security, networking, Compliance area.

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.

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.

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.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, and C#. 
• 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, and shipping products.  Customer handling and on-call.
• By applying to this role, you will be considered for additional roles with similar qualifications.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

• • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • Development or use of distributed or cloud platform components.
  • Proficient debugging of application code with tools such as WinDbg.
  • Design and development experience in database engines, distributed systems, and cloud computing.
  •  Hands-on experience with relational databases
  •  Hand-on experience with shipping authentication, authorization, or identity management products.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement code for our product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
• Write and learn to create code that is extensible and maintainable.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure coding standards are followed.
• Work with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
• Leverage a variety of feedback channels to incorporate insights into future designs or solutions.
• Apply a growth mindset to constantly learn and improve.
• Bring clarity and energy, and deliver customer obsessed and data-driven results.
• Mentor junior engineers, build cooperative partnerships, and contribute to others' success.