About the position
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. The SQL Server Storage Engine team is looking to hire a Principal Software Engineer to assist as the team is responsible for core components such as access methods, transactions, locking, logging, and recovery. Over the past few years, the team has delivered several impactful features that have significantly influenced the evolution of the SQL engine. Notable examples include Constant Time Recovery, Concurrent Updates to PFS pages, and Optimized Locking. These innovations have not only advanced the product but have also led to patents and publications in top-tier database conferences such as VLDB and ICDE.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the development and maintenance of core components such as access methods, transactions, locking, logging, and recovery.
- Deliver impactful features that influence the evolution of the SQL engine.
- Contribute to innovations that may lead to patents and publications in top-tier database conferences.
Requirements
- Proven experience in software engineering, particularly in database systems.
- Strong understanding of access methods, transactions, locking, logging, and recovery mechanisms.
- Experience with SQL Server or similar database technologies.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with AI-enabled operational databases.
- Familiarity with relational, non-relational, and open-source database offerings.
- Publications in database conferences such as VLDB and ICDE.
Benefits
- Inclusive work environment.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Collaborative culture that values diverse perspectives.
