​​Software Engineer 2​

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.​ 

​​The Azure Arc data services team is looking for engineers who are interested in developing a state-of-the-art data management platform that spans from the edge to on premise datacenters to all the major public clouds for multiple commercial and open-source database engines. The platform provides full lifecycle services involving deployment, automated upgrade, high availability, disaster recovery, supportability, and monitoring end to end. Data is transforming the world around us; more and more important decisions are driven by the ever-increasing volume and variety of data. Data lives in the back rooms of retail stores, at sea on container ships, in farmers’ fields and in sprawling datacenters all over the world. The challenge we are solving for is how to manage all that data despite its vast distribution. If that sounds exciting to you, then the Azure Arc data services team could be a great place to call home. 

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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. 

• 4+ years of hands-on software development
• 2+ years’ experience with any of these languages: C/C++, C#, Go, Java, Python
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Design, Software Engineering, or a related field  
  

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 with both Windows and Linux
• Design or development experience in database engines, distributed systems, cloud computing, container technology, and operating system internals
• Hands on operating systems development experience
• Masters/Ph.D. in Computer Science (or equivalent)

By applying to this role, you will be considered for additional roles with similar qualifications.

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.

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• Develop software using a wide-variety of languages and technologies for distributed cloud computing on Azure, Windows Sever, Linux, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes
• Building unit and integration tests
• Validation of code and tests in production class test environments
• DevOps/SRE engineering for production Azure Data services

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