Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

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About The Position

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 big data analytics team provides a range of products that enable data engineers and data scientists to extract intelligence from all data – structured, semi-structured, and unstructured. We build the Data Engineering, Data Science, and Data Integration pillars of Microsoft Fabric.
We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer who is proficient across multiple layers of the technology stack to design, build, and scale core capabilities across our distributed data platform. In this role, you will contribute to platform reliability, system performance, service scalability, and developer experience. As part of the App and Data Development team within Microsoft Fabric, you will help empower application and data developers by building cutting‑edge tools and AI‑assisted capabilities that streamline and accelerate development workflows. Through unified interfaces, robust APIs, and intelligent features, you will enable developers to create, manage, and scale data‑driven applications efficiently across the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem.
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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's 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.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Master's 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.
• Experience in developing services with Containers, ReST API , Serverless functions and Databases.
• Cross-team collaboration for feature delivery and livesite issues.
• Full stack development for end-to-end feature design and development.
• Developer and user experiences for SaaS applications.
• Demonstrated passion for customers and empathy for their needs, leading to innovative and practical problem‑solving.
• High level of enthusiasm, integrity, initiative, and results‑orientation, with the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement services to enable real time, highly scalable, performant, and sustainable solutions.
• Deliver well-tested features across different services and platforms.
• Use engineering best practices throughout the software development lifecycle to establish maintainable, reliable, and secure systems.
• Collaborate with teammates in various roles to plan and execute on key deliverables.
• Participate in rotating livesite shifts, working on call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
• Take ownership of service health including monitoring, metrics, telemetry. Identify and implement areas for improvement in the live-site process and tools.
• Innovate for both customer use cases and overall health of the service.
• Work in a culture of continuous improvement, adaptation, reflection, and growth.
• Embody our culture and values

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level