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 hiring a Software Engineer II. We are 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.​ 

​​​​​​Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL Database are world-class relational database systems widely used across the globe on everything from small devices and servers to some of the largest cloud deployments in the world, attracting application developers and enterprise workloads alike to the cloud. Azure SQL Database team is looking for engineers for the Software Engineer II role to be part of the ongoing journey to disrupt the database space with innovative features that get shipped in products as well as get published in premium conferences like VLDB, SIGMOD, ICDE. Our team is responsible for mission critical functions such as Storage, Metadata, Transaction management, and Data Integrity for millions of databases. This is a great opportunity to learn and work on the internals of enterprise class relational database engines, solve hard problems, and build a highly scalable and reliable data service. You will be working in a diverse, geographically distributed team environment where collaboration and innovation are valued. You will have an opportunity for direct impact on design, functionality, security, performance, scalability, manageability, and supportability of the Azure SQL Database service. Join us to help us advance the state of the art in Database Systems.  

​​ 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.

• ​​Designs, implements and tests code for product features, services, or tools with minimal oversight.
• Contributes to bringing insight to code reviews to help improve code quality, coaching and providing feedback to develop other engineers' skills.
• Applies best practices for secure, reliable, and maintainable code; contributes to automation and tooling improvements.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), monitoring systems and resolve complex live-site issues.
• Conducts incident retrospectives to identify root causes of problems, implements repair actions, and identifies mechanisms to prevent incident recurrence with minimal supervision.
• Works cross-functionally with stakeholders to understand requirements and dependencies.
• Invests in skill development to stay current with technologies that improve performance, observability, and reliability.​
• Embody our culture and values 

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. 
    
    

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: