Microsoft Software Engineer II – AI Platform Development Azure PostgreSQL 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

254555253

Are you an engineer eager to deepen yourSoftware Engineer IIbest in class cloud database systemsfor demanding workloads.

better served.

Why This Role Is Unique

• Technical Depth: Work at the intersection of research and production in one of the most technically demanding areas of cloud infrastructure: relational databases on a global scale.

• Mentorship and Growth:You’llwork alongside and learn from senior engineers and domain experts in distributed systems, databases, and cloud platforms.They’llmentor and support you as you build your skills, deepen yourexpertise, and grow into a trusted contributor to real-world systems.

• You’lllearn how world-class engineering teamsoperateand how to turn great ideas into durable, scalable systems.

• Community and Culture: Be part of a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team that values intellectual curiosity, academic excellence, and real-world impact.

Required Qualifications

• Doctorate (or currently pursuing) in relevant field,
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Technical fundamentals in distributed systems, concurrency, cloud-native architecture, or database internals.
• 2+year(s) of professional or academicexperience in database systems internals.

Other Requirements

to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirementsfor this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

• This position will berequiredto pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with high performance native software engineering with C,C++,or Rust.
• Past research or engineering projects in databaseinternalsareas, such as storage engines, transaction management, and query optimization.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and open-source communities.

• Drives the architecture and development ofcore PostgreSQL database internalsincluding storage engines, transaction management, indexing strategies, and query optimization, to enhance performance, reliability, and scalability in cloud environments.
• Innovates oncloud-native PostgreSQL featuressuch as automated scaling, high availability, multi-region deployments, distributed query processing, backup/restore.
• Collaborates closely with infrastructure and platform teams tooptimizeresource management, security, and cost efficiency for PostgreSQL services in Azure.
• Contributes high-quality code, technical documentation, and engineering best practices to the development and maintenance of cloud-native PostgreSQL, upholding reliability, scalability, and usability for developers and enterprise customers.
• Engages with the PostgreSQL open-source community and cloud-native ecosystem to align with industry advancements and continuously evolve the offering for next-generation workloads.