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Senior Software Engineer - Microsoft

Remote ยท Redmond, United States

Microsoft has transformed itself into the undisputed leader driving innovations in data platform capabilities. Our data platform powers innovation in every industry, facilitates breakthrough scientific and medical research, and underpins intelligent applications that are changing the way people live. Enterprises and research institutions are using this platform to disrupt markets and transform their businesses. From Edge to Cloud and spanning multiple operating systems, and multiple public and private clouds the Azure Data Platform provides limitless career growth opportunities.

Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft’s next generation globally distributed, massively scalable, multi-model cloud database service. It is designed to enable developers to build planet-scale applications. Azure Cosmos DB is one of the fastest growing Azure services. This role provides a wide scope for impact, given the high visibility problems the team is solving.

This position is on the Cosmos DB Compute Platform team. Our mission is to build single-tenant and multi-tenant platforms for new compute intensive services that operate on the storage layer of Cosmos DB e.g. in-memory graphs, ultra-low latency caches, materialized views. The Cosmos DB Compute Platform offers a chance to leverage and grow your understanding of distributed systems to work on a new massively scalable, highly reliable foundational service from the ground up.

We are looking for highly motivated and self-driven individuals who are passionate in the areas of multi-threading, High Availability and Distributed Systems. Joining the Azure Cosmos DB team is a fantastic opportunity to work with highly talented engineers operating like a startup, and to deliver on our next set of big challenges.

Here is a little introduction to our team:

  • We spend our days collaborating with, teaching, and learning from a diverse set of world class engineers.
  • We develop, test, and check code in every day.
  • We are obsessed with customers and make data-driven decisions using telemetry collected from customers and production systems.
  • We take time to build the engineering systems that allow us to focus on new problems and reduce overhead.

You will be responsible for building a massive scale multi-tenant platform which will serve as a foundation for new services operating on data in our storage layer and solving the challenges that come along the way.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering or Mathematics or Physics or IT technical discipline (or equivalent).
  • 5+ years of professional experience programming in C#, C++ or Java.
  • Passion for large scale distributed system.
  • Experience with multi-threaded/parallel programming/performance tuning.
  • Proven track record in designing and delivering quality software.
  • Excellence in software engineering practices, coding and solid foundation in data structures, algorithms with strong testing, debugging and analytical skills.

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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.

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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Published on: 11/22/2022
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