Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft
San Francisco, CA, United States
1 day ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
2 years minimum
Compensation
$142,800.0 - $274,800.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles C (Programming Language) Java (Programming Language) JavaScript (Programming Language) Microsoft Azure Microsoft Online Services C Sharp (Programming Language) C++ (Programming Language) Cloud Computing Code Review Databases Data Structures
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Relational Databases Linux Distributed Systems Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL Open Source Technology Software Engineering Database Engines Systems Architecture Management of Software Versions Data Logging System Availability Backend Information Technology

Job description

We are hiring a Principal Software Development Engineer to join the Azure PostgreSQL team, where you will work on and drive innovations in one or more areas of a relational database engine such as Query processing, Transaction logging and recovery, Versioning, IO subsystems, Scale-out and Distributed systems. You will have the opportunity to contribute to open-source PostgreSQL and Linux, and\or develop extensions.

The group fosters a diverse and inclusive work culture that prioritizes people at all times. 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 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.

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

  • Oversees overall system architecture for a critically important and high-impact space such as a connection with deep technical domains or a broad set of products or services at critical junctures (e.g., early in development, urgent time horizon).
  • Creates a strategic roadmap for the system architecture by considering how related systems will evolve in the near future. Ensures architecture design is appropriately authored, documented, and reviewed.
  • Establishes, influences, and ensures policies and procedures for developing extensible, reusable, and maintainable code, identifying and addressing coding issues, and conducting effective code reviews for a critically important and high-impact space such as those with deep technical domains connections or a broad set of products or services at critical junctures (e.g., early in development, urgent time horizon). Writes proof of concept code as needed and may develop code directly as needed.
  • Maintain operations of live service as issues arise on a rotational, on-call basis.

Requirements

Required/MinimumQualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ 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

Abilityto meet Microsoft,customerand/or government security screening requirements arerequiredfor this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

  • This position will berequiredto pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in developing and shipping system level features in an enterprise production backend server system.
  • 2+ years of experience building and supporting distributed cloud services with production grade.
  • Experience with internals of PostgreSQL or similar Enterprise Database Management system, including Query processing, Storage Engine and High Availability.
  • Experience building Distributed Systems with strong guarantees.
  • Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
  • Solve problems by always leading with deep passion and empathy for customers.

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About the company

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what canbeand take their careersfurther. This is a world ofmorepossibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the skyisthelimitthinkingina 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., Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $165,600 - $296,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $220,800 - $331,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

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