Sr Software Engineer

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 messaging and real-time analytics team provides comprehensive solutions and a robust platform that enables users to ingest high granularity signals (real-time & observability) and complex data, converting those into a competitive advantage in real-time for both end users and modern applications.

The Fabric Graph team offers engineers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of graph technology innovation, building and owning a world-class service as a zero-to-one development for Microsoft Fabric. The team leverages the latest advancements in graph technology at scale, enabling engineers to develop complex systems that can process billions of data points for analysis. This is a rare opportunity to build highly scalable, reliable, and resilient cloud services, working on areas such as distributed infrastructure, cloud storage, networking, performance optimization, and scalability. The team fosters a dynamic and collaborative environment where creativity and growth are highly encouraged. Engineers work alongside passionate professionals dedicated to pushing technological boundaries. By joining our team, engineers can make a significant impact on the future of data connectivity, helping businesses unlock the full potential of their data to drive innovation. Our culture is supportive and inclusive, ensuring every team member feels valued and empowered to contribute their best work

We are building a scale-out graph engine for Fabric, designed to store billions of graph data points extracted from OneLake. Scaling our system is a key priority, ensuring compatibility while developing a new service from scratch with world-class scale, reliability, and resilience. This is a zero-to-one development effort at Microsoft.

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

-Lead the development of core components for a scalable, cloud-based infrastructure, including distributed storage, networking, and service orchestration.
-Design, implement, and drive modularization, optimization, testing, reliability, and observability of cloud infrastructure components.
-Define and implement observability metrics, analyzing them to enhance system performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.
-Contribute to the collection, classification, and analysis of large-scale operational and system performance data.
-Guide the team in executing multi-group project plans, release schedules, and task prioritization

Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum 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#, Java, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

-Preferred demonstrated experience in designing, developing, and maintaining large-scale cloud infrastructure and distributed services.
-Preferred experience with graph database technologies and query languages, such as OpenCypher or Datalog, in a cloud-based infrastructure.
-Preferred knowledge of query execution, workload optimization, and performance tuning in distributed database systems and cloud infrastructure

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 reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form (Accessibility | Microsoft Careers).

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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Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

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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.