Microsoft Senior Software Engineer 

United States, Washington 

502234826

Azure Cosmos DB is one of the fastest growing Azure services that provides globally distributed, low-latency, massively scalable, multi-model cloud database service. It is designed to enable developers to build planet-scale applications.We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Azure Cosmos DB team, where you will be working on a large-scale, distributed, transactional and analytical database. This role is on the team that works on Storage (Row Store, Column Store, Log Structured Store, Tiered Storage), Inverted Indexes, Database Engines like BwTree, and other LSM (Log Structured Store) technologies. In this role, you will work on core engine and distributed systems problems that power the planet scale database.

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.
  • 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

• ​​Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • OR equivalent experience.​

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

• Design and implement the next phase of storage engine features of Cosmos DB to help propel the next wave of fundamental capabilities for Cosmos DB.
• Develop a technical direction for features which may also require driving cross-cutting initiatives across multiple layers of the Cosmos DB technology stack.
• Stay updated on recent trends on the database world with a focus on the storage and indexing space, and be open to experimenting with promising trends on the storage and indexing area that might open up new avenues of growth for Cosmos DB.
• Provide guidance and mentor engineers, enabling them to succeed in the team and the space.
• Conduct code reviews and help shape and steer the team coding guidelines.
• Embody our and .