​​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. 
 
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.​ 

​​As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be instrumental in designing, developing and maintaining a Cloud database product on an internet scale. You will be responsible for all areas of the engineering lifecycle, including understanding the requirements of customers, designing and implementing features, ensuring their quality and readiness, and tracking LiveSite/Supportability KPIs.  

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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 

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​​· 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 
· Proven experience in building and shipping production-quality internet-scale web-applications, leveraging one or more of the following technologies: SQL Server, Postgres, MongoDB, DynamodDB, Cassandra, Redis. 
· Familiarity with concurrent/multi-threaded programming, good understanding of algorithms and distributed systems.​​ 

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 

​​•Experience contributing to any existing OSS like PostgreSQL/ MongoDB /Cassandra is a huge plus. 
•Experience developing with or building Postgres extensions is highly desirable. 
•Experience writing performance benchmarks for C# / .NET or Java code, proven experience with tuning systems for critical-path performance improvements.​ 

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). 

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

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​​•Work closely with the team to plan, execute and ship new features and products. 
•Guide partnerships with appropriate stakeholders to engage on requirements, prioritization and release schedules. 
•Strong communication skills and ability to work across multiple teams to drive cross-functional results 
•Deep customer empathy; driving customer interactions and support engagements. 
•Experience designing, building, operating and maintaining internet-scale distributed systems 
•Deal with ambiguity and go above and beyond to understand intricate details of products 
•Coach and mentor other engineers 
•Curiosity and desire to experiment with, invent and learn distributed database technologies​ 

Embody our culture and values