Software Engineer II

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 Microsofts 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.

Azure PostgreSQL is a fast-growing team within Azure Data at Microsoft, and we are seeking a Software Development Engineer II to join our organization. The team builds and operates a globally distributed, fully managed PostgreSQL service that supports mission-critical customer workloads at scale. We focus on delivering highly reliable, high-performance, and self-healing cloud systems. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy developing scalable services, tackling complex technical problems, and driving meaningful impact while continuing to grow their technical expertise.

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

Design, produce and deliver software to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, security, and efficiency of a cloud service.

Contribute with fixing, enhancing, and supporting our services in production, including periodic on-call duties

Collaborate with colleagues across the world to address all requirements needed to run enterprise-grade services.

Participate actively in code reviews, bug/issue triage with the feature teams, and support well informed decisions towards business and engineering goals.

Review and influence ongoing design, architecture, standards and methods for operating services and systems.

Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

OR equivalent experience.

Job Requirements: Other & Additional

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/Additional Qualifications

Experience building, testing, and maintaining production-quality software in a collaborative engineering environment

Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and systems fundamentals

Industry experience building and maintaining open-source software (OSS) and working with PostgreSQL

Proficient analytical skills with systematic and structured approaches to software design

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOP)

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).

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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.