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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 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 hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Azure PostgreSQL team where you will be working as Postgres performance SME In this role you will have opportunity to work with some of the top customers of Azure PostgreSQL and help solve complex database performance issues 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 You work closely with our customers to understand their challenges solve issues during critical escalations and teach best practices You acting as the voice of the customer bring learnings to the engineering process to design new features By shaping the direction of the Azure Postgres products you make it easier to understand how our service is used by customers including database developers and administrators You are viewed as the ultimate subject matter expertise for all things databases as your work will be highly sought by the development team the support team the account team and customers directly You will interact with the open-source community via forums and conferences Embody our and Qualifications Required Minimum Qualifications Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline 8 years experience building and maintaining complex mission-critical production Database systems such as Postgres and Oracle 5 years experience designing and maintaining PostgreSQL relational databases 5 years experience in systems engineering including database performance tuning memory management I O tuning configuration security networking clusters and troubleshooting 5 years experience working directly with customers resolving database performance related issues and providing systems database architecture leadership Awareness of customer workloads and use cases including performance availability and scalability Working knowledge of relational database internals locking consistency serialization recovery paths Working knowledge of at least one scripting language shell Python Perl Preferred Additional Qualifications Experience working with customers and diverse workloads and is a subject matter expert in database management and performance Subject matter expert in performance tuning Software consulting experience Working knowledge of at least one application programming language Python Java C C C Go Coding skills in the procedural language for at least one database engine a must PL SQL PL Pg SQL T-SQL etc Other Requirements 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 Equal Opportunity Employer EOP Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex including pregnancy sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws regulations and ordinances If you need assistance and or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process please send a request via the Accommodation request form Accessibility Microsoft Careers azdat azuredata azdat azuredata Postgres