Microsoft Senior Software Engineer 

United States, Washington 

254110354

A brief introduction to our team:

• We spend our days collaborating with, teaching, and learning from a diverse set of world class engineers.
• We are obsessed with customers and make data-driven decisions using telemetry collected from customers and production systems.
• We look for opportunities to use existing technologies and open source and are committed to contributing back to the open-source code bases and community.
• We take the time to build platforms and tools that are robust and help practice our craft efficiently and effectively.
• We value passion, creativity, agility, accountability, team collaboration and the desire to learn new, complex technical areas.
• We foster a diverse and inclusive work culture that always prioritizes people. 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.
  

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, or Python.
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in designing, developing, and supporting production grade cloud services.

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

• Solid Computer Science fundamentals, fluent in multi-threaded and asynchronous programming, passionate about architecting at scale
• Experience in developing and operating production service at scale with high availability guarantees
• Experience with internals of PostgreSQL or similar Enterprise Database Management system, including Storage Engine and High Availability.
• Solve problems by always leading with deep passion and empathy for customers.
• Have a deep desire to work collaboratively, solve problems with groups, find win/win solutions and celebrate successes.

Managing the operational excellence, security, reliability, and scalability of the Azure PostgreSQL service.

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