Senior Software Engineer Job at Microsoft Corporation (Multiple Locations)

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
India , Multiple Locations

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

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Job Description:

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. SQL team is hiring an experienced engineer who will design and develop features in SQL DB’s flagship Hyperscale cloud database offering, core database Engine areas like logging and recovery, transactions, versioning, database structures such as b-trees and heaps, and many other areas of a large-scale database service. Curiosity and willingness to question and learn, strong customer empathy, and willingness to participate in a 24x7 live site on call rotations are additional responsibilities.

Job Responsibility:

Design and code highly complex features using latest technology in compute and storage, apply innovative algorithms for solving database, computing and storage problems at scale and high performance
Design and code complex features as part of SQL Database Engine related to Metadata, Indexes, DDL's, database structures including b-trees and heaps
Lead by example within the team by producing extensible and maintainable code
Influence product architecture and technical roadmaps
Apply metrics to drive the quality and stability of code, as well as appropriate coding patterns and best practices
Actively use AI for productivity in code, debugging and tests
Participate in code reviews to ensure coding standards are followed
Mentor junior and senior engineers, lead technical discussions, and drive best practices in software engineering
Be part of the on-call rotation for maintaining service health of millions of databases across the world
Embody our culture and values

Requirements:

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD with work or research experience in computer science or related field
6+ years of programming experience in C++ / Java
Sound problem-solving skills with strong system sensibilities
Proficient in C++, C#, Java or other high-level languages
Good understanding of database system internals, 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, and celebrate successes
Solve problems by always leading with deep passion and empathy for customers
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Nice to have:

Design and development experience in cloud databases, storage systems, core database engine
Experience with large scale distributed systems, multithreading and object-oriented programming

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
April 15, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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