Software Engineer II

Overview

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 Data SQL Core Team is looking for a Software Engineer II with a passion for technology, performance and helping customers succeed on our platform by building the next set of industry-leading features and capabilities. SQL Core team works on key Azure SQL Database operating system capabilities (scheduling, memory management, locking, synchronization ...) with a focus on driving product performance and reducing TCO. We seek engineers who have experience in operating systems, hardware architectures (Intel, AMD, ARM), persistent memory technologies, performance and scalability on Windows and Linux. Engineers in SQL Core team will define and implement the next set of technologies, build new solutions and enable a new set of experiences for enterprise and cloud customers.

Responsibilities

• Spearheading prototype projects to swiftly assess design concepts Identifying and driving prototype projects for quick evaluation of design ideas.
• Contributing to current and future product improvements around performance (perf/scale/SLA)
• Identifying improvements in supportability and customer self-diagnostics that enable live monitoring with focus on identifying/addressing performance related issues
• Obsessed with customers, making data-driven decisions, and using telemetry collected from customers and production systems
• Embody our culture and values
  
  

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience designing and developing production quality software.
• Strong design, implementation, and communication skills
• Proficiency with C++, and/or C#, solid knowledge of SQL
  
  

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

• Extensive and specialized knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Database/OS internals, Big Data technologies, Hardware knowledge (CPU/System/Networking/Storage..), and Cloud related technologies - Methodical problem-solving, interpersonal, and communication skills
  
  

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.