Software Engineer 2 - Azure Databases Team

We are Azure Databases, a Microsoft team that drives the future of databases in the Microsoft Cloud. Our software development teams, located in Belgrade, are building some of the most advanced and widely used database cloud services in the world. The services we build are based on groundbreaking technology and are global market leaders, with millions of active users, and applications ranging from small shops to large mission critical business workloads. Each service provides the benefits of automated database management: patching, backups, high-availability, security, and many more. We're hiring for Azure SQL and Azure DB for PostgreSQL services and teams within Azure Databases.

Our Core SQL Engineering team is on a mission to drive a foundational approach to modernizing SQL codebase, by improving the core SQL components, engineering techniques and tooling (automation, observability, code transformation and validation), by betting on well-proven as well as cutting-edge novel approaches, to deliver the industry leading scalable software engineering. We collaborate with many core engineering teams of Azure and SQL, Microsoft Research and other research groups. One of the most significant outcomes from this team will be a cutting edge copilot for understanding and developing code. Our code base is large and diverse, and is challenging for even the advanced publicly available AI models and tools. Hence, we're pushing the industry boundaries with our emerging Code Copilot.

Our PostgreSQL Engineering team is on a mission to redefine the future of cloud-native PostgreSQL by building a modern, serverless database platform that delivers continuous availability, high performance, and seamless scalability. We are investing in foundational improvements across core PostgreSQL components, engineering practices, and tooling—spanning automation, observability, and intelligent diagnostics—while embracing both proven techniques and cutting-edge innovations. We collaborate closely with open-source communities, Linux kernel contributors, and internal Azure engineering teams to push the boundaries of what PostgreSQL can achieve in the cloud.  You will have the opportunity to contribute to open-source PostgreSQL and Linux, and\or develop extensions. Experience with both is preferable.

We are looking for Software Engineers who are passionate and highly motivated to work on researching, solving deep technical problems, and taking on new challenges. In this role you will collaborate with some of the world's leading experts in this area of technology, and have an excellent opportunity to learn, grow and advance your career.

• Degree in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience in system programming.
• 2+ years of software development experience.
• Ability to effectively communicate in English.
• Great collaboration and team-player skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated excellence in coding and technical communication.
• Demonstrated problem solving and debugging skills.
• Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including, but not limited to: Java, C/C++, C#, Python, JavaScript, PowerShell, Rust.
• Experience with large scale services, distributed systems.
• Strong customer focus and data driven approach.
• Adaptability in fast paced environment.

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 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.

• Design, produce and deliver software to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, security, and efficiency of a cloud service.
• Contribute with fixing, enhancing, and supporting our services in production, including periodic on-call duties.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the world to address all requirements needed to run enterprise-grade services.
• Participate actively in code reviews, bug/issue triage with the feature teams, and support well informed decisions towards business and engineering goals.
• Review and influence ongoing design, architecture, standards and methods for operating services and systems.