Senior 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.

We are looking a for Senior Software Engineer for Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team which 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 Microsoft Fabric platform team builds and maintains the operating system and provides customers a unified data stack to run an entire data estate. The platform provides a unified experience, unified governance, enables a unified business model and a unified architecture.

Microsoft Fabric is quite possibly the most exciting Microsoft service today, frequently in the news, growing its user base very rapidly, and making waves across the industry. The Middle Tier team is a core component of Fabric Platform. We rely on different Azure technologies like Service Fabric, SQL Azure, REDIS cache, Service Bus, Blob storage, Kusto, Containers etc. We are building a world class service that combines big data, mission critical data and real-time data. This combination makes this area possibly the most cutting edge across the entire industry!

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

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to C++, C#, Java

• • OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of deep knowledge of T-SQL and SQL Server with highly scalable cloud services
  

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

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
  • OR related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to C++, C#, Java
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to C++, C#, Java
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Passion for building highly performant scalable services
• Outstanding technical problem solving and debugging skills
• Passion for quality with experience designing and implementing automated tests, including unit tests and integration tests
• Effective communication skills
  

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $108,100 - CAD $199,700 per year.

Find additional pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 31, 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.

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• We are looking for a developer with comprehensive experience in all service aspects of high-throughput, multi-tenant Azure services. The ideal candidate should have the ability to design components that handle various types of errors on Azure, write clean and well-structured code with solid tests for maintainability, and be proficient in C#.

• You will collaborate with experienced team members on writing code and T-SQL to seamlessly migrate complex customer data between clusters while managing all interactions with live operations. We value candidates who thrive in a services-oriented environment and have a strong desire to contribute to the growth of a large, profitable business by working within a small, agile team. This role requires flexibility in taking on different responsibilities as needs arise, as well as developing a global and ownership-oriented perspective on the service.

• The right candidate should also be deeply committed to enhancing the customer experience and continuously iterating to improve every aspect of it.

• Embody our culture and values