Senior Software Engineer
Redmond, WA 
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Posted 19 days ago
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OverviewMicrosoft 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 tobuild 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 databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings. The Azure Data SQL team is looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer who can help define and design the next set of technologies to build a state-of-the-art database to power the next wave of cloud-native modern applications. You will work closely with our database specialists and solve challenging problems to modernize SQL Server Engine. You will enhance Azure SQL DB/SQL Server's capability and performance to process semi-structured or unstructured data such as JSON, XML and free text. You will impact customers that span across SQL platforms from on premise SQL Server and Azure SQL DB in the cloud. Our vision is to create the best-in-class operational database that integrates with Azure Services and powers the next generation of applications. 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.
ResponsibilitiesIdentifying and driving prototype projects for quick evaluation of design ideas Working on solving variety of challenges from database systems in C++ to distributed systems in C# Improving Azure SQL DB/SQL Server's capability and performance to process semi-structured or unstructured data such as JSON, XML and free text Modernizing Azure SQL DB and SQL Server with new APIs and T-SQL capabilities for data retrieval and storage Enhancing Azure SQL DB/SQL Server's intelligent query processingEmbody our culture and values

 

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