Overview

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 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.

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.

At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. We foster a culture of inclusion, growth, and innovation, built on values of respect, integrity, and accountability. If you're passionate about driving meaningful impact, solving complex problems, and contributing to a growing organization, we would love to hear from you.

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).
Looking into emerging and upcoming Azure HW SKUs and technologies, exploring new ideas to drive product improvements (hardware/software/config/COGS). Also includes modeling, competitive analysis & benchmarks.
Strengthening the engineering process to ensure cloud deployments (software & hardware) are done in the most efficient way and meet the targeted perf/scale/SLA goals.
Identifying improvements in supportability and customer self-diagnostics that enable live monitoring with focus on identifying/addressing performance related issues.
Spend days collaborating with, teaching, and learning from a diverse set of world class engineers. 
Obsessed with customers, making data-driven decisions, and using telemetry collected from customers and production systems.
Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
2+ years of hands-on coding experience shipping products across multiple release cycles

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 Qualifications:

2+ years of experience designing and developing production quality software using C/C++; proven experience in improving product performance.
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.
2+ years of experience related to Performance Engineering skills covering design/development/usage of performance workloads/test-suites/Tools to measure, analyze and root cause performance and scalability issues in the product.
Experience in both Windows and Linux system administration fundamentals
Methodical problem-solving, interpersonal, and communication skills

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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

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.

Software Engineering II