Software Engineer II

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 SQL Database team delivers world class relational database server technologies used across the globe on everything from small devices, desktops, and servers to some of the largest Cloud deployments in the world. Everywhere you look, the amount of data being generated in the world is soaring. With this dramatic growth, the importance of the data platform continues to grow tremendously. Data is at the heart of the Cloud. Winning in the Cloud requires rich data services that provide deep insights from data. All of this must be done while supporting high availability, predictability, and elasticity; Supporting 100s terabytes of data; ability to both scale up and scale out; supporting 1000’s of users on a single machine or a query that utilizes 1000’s of cores. Does this sound like an interesting problem? If yes, talk to us in the SQL team. We have made a big bet on our super-successful business winning in the Cloud. We will win by building the world’s best data management Cloud platform and transform how people use databases. But to do that, we need your help. Our competition is fierce, and our aspirations are bold!  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. 

Responsibilities

• As an engineer in the Hyperscale team in Azure SQL Database, you will work on the latest technology in compute and storage, apply innovative algorithms for solving database, computing and storage problems at scale and high performance
• We need collaborative developers who can think big and find creative ways to meet these challenges
• Embody our culture and values 
  

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

 

• Bachelor's/Master's/PhD with work or research experience in computer science or related field
• 3+ years of programming experience in C++ OR C# OR Java  
  

 

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

• Sound problem-solving skills with strong system sensibilities
• Proficient in C++, C#, Java or other high-level languages
• Good understanding of database system internals, query processing, storage systems
• Experience in building and shipping production grade software or services
• High enthusiasm, integrity, results-orientation, self-motivation, and resourcefulness
• Work collaboratively, solve problems with groups, find win/win solutions, celebrate successes
• Solve problems by always leading with deep passion and empathy for customers
  

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