Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft

, , India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

25 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

27 Oct, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Systems Design, Databases, Query Engine, Index Structures, Performance, High Availability, Storage Layouts, Technical Problem Solving, Backend Systems Architecture, AI Enabled Databases, Developer Friendly Solutions, Operational Databases, Relational Databases, Non-Relational Databases, OSS Offerings, Collaboration

Industry

Software Development

Description

Microsoft 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 to build 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. We are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic Principal Software Engineer with strong background in systems design/databases to work in Azure DocumentDB. As seasoned engineer, you will partner/collaborate with engineers and leaders, helping team deliver features spanning the query engine, index structures, performance, high availability and storage layouts. We’re looking for someone who has demonstrated history of solving hard technical problems, architected backend systems and is motivated to take initiative and help the team deliver fast for the entire product lifecycle. 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.

Responsibilities

The Principal Software Engineer will collaborate with engineers and leaders to deliver features for Azure DocumentDB, focusing on the query engine, index structures, performance, high availability, and storage layouts. The role involves solving complex technical problems and architecting backend systems throughout the product lifecycle.