Senior Software Engineer

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.   
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​​The Fabric Graph team is dedicated to simplifying the process of extracting insights from the vast scale of interconnected business data prevalent in every organization. We are driven by our goal to enable all users to visualize, analyze, and enrich the intricate relationships within their business data. Our team is focusing on developing advanced graph technologies that empower users to unlock the full potential of their data. 

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We are currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer who can define and implement our vision of scale-out graph services and infrastructure. This role is crucial in enabling large-scale graph analytics for data analysts, business users, and data scientists across all organizations.   
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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 discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript or Python  
• 4+ years hands-on experience in development and operations of distributed systems, parallel processing or database systems as an individual contributor
• Demonstrated experience in high-performance compute, low-latency serving or algorithm development.
• 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/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.

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.

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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 6, 2025.

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.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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