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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 Microsoft Fabric platform team builds and maintains the operating system and provides customers a unified data stack to run an entire data estate. The platform provides a unified experience, unified governance, enables a unified business model and a unified architecture.
The Core Fabric Platform team is responsible for all Compute infrastructure of Microsoft Fabric. This engineer will be working closely with feature teams within the Fabric Core Platform team to tech lead and develop projects related to high scale and resiliency. This person may act as an architect for some areas of the product as well.
Experience with high scale high throughput service is required. Experience with Azure technologies is a plus. Experience with AI is a plus. Experience with Azure SQL is a plus. Experience with Document db type stores is a plus.
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
Tech lead and develop features related to scale and resiliency for Fabric Platform.
Create high level design and architecture for some of the features within Fabric Platform.
Analyze data and come up with solutions related to incidents and scale/reliability.
Embody our culture and values
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
Job Requirements: Other & Additional
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.
Preferred/Additional Qualifications
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent experience
- 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- Experience with high-scale, high-throughput services
- Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud background check and related security screenings
- Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- Experience with Azure technologies (Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Cosmos DB, Synapse, Data Factory, Service Bus, Event Grid, Power BI)
- Experience with AI
- Experience with Document DB type stores
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