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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 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 We are looking to hire Software Development Engineers to join our team 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 a multitude of applications across various industries We are the Azure SQL Database Storage IO resource governance team part of the Microsoft Azure s C AI organization Our team is responsible to ensure high efficiency of operations while interacting with storage which persists with the data In addition to maintaining an efficient Quality of Service QoS with respect to latency and bandwidth the team is also responsible for ensuring the customer gets the right kind of storage medium based on their need and historical usage pattern Based on the customer needs the team is responsible for putting them on the right tier of storage moving them across to a different storage medium if desired with minimal downtime analyze and rectify customer workload for efficient storage utilization Azure SQL has more than 100 million databases under its belt and for its efficient operation has an even higher number of storage resources allocated The team is responsible for efficient functioning of storage on all parameters and for all services At your disposal will be SQL s state-of-the-art management system a sophisticated engine and terabytes of telemetry to make informed decisions With this unprecedented growth comes added complexity in our database storage ecosystem at scales we never imagined before As a Senior Software Engineer this is your opportunity to take on a challenge to build and improve database storage infra with cutting-edge technologies This team is on a mission to define and deliver a world class storage infra for relational database that position infrastructure as a key differentiator for customer value and business margins 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 Microsoft s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more As employees we come together with a growth mindset innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals Each day we build on our values of respect integrity and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond Responsibilities Stay updated on recent trends in the database world focusing on storage networking reliability scalability and security Be open to experimenting with promising trends in these areas that might open avenues of growth in SQL DB Provide guidance and mentor other engineers enabling them to succeed in the team and space Conduct code reviews that help shape and steer the team coding guidelines Develop deep insights into customer utilization of their databases and resources available Employ reliable analytical skills to build flexible infrastructure to learn and model current and future database resource consumption while efficiently running business scenarios to replicate changes in service architecture and its effect on usage patterns Identifying opportunities to maximize utilization of the underlying storage service we provision for our customers Focus on building the necessary storage infrastructure and models with terabytes of service logging telemetry that allow us to make prudent and informed decisions with respect to SQL DB storage infrastructure Ensure service viability and success with dependable understanding of a variety of business and engineering factors Including the adoption of different SQL DB offerings the usage patterns of customers and the resource IO limits of our clusters and Azure Storage service Be a trusted influencer in SQLDB s business strategy when it comes to COGS and Gross Margins Opportunity to write the book for a capability that hasn t existed in the business before Embody our culture and values Qualifications Basic Qualifications Bachelor s degree in computer science or related discipline 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 Great curiosity and willingness to question undaunted by hard technical problems 5 years of hands-on coding experience shipping products across multiple release cycles 2 years experience in building and operating a cloud service 2 years of experience with at-scale distributed systems and or data analytics and relevant data systems at the Petabytes scale Proficiency with C and or C solid knowledge of SQL Strong design implementation and debugging skills Strong design implementation and communication skills Preferred Qualifications Understands the reliability scalability performance consistency and debuggability requirements in a large cloud system 5 years of experience with testing performance stress fault injection testing 5 years of experience with large-scale distributed systems 5 years of proficiency with C and or C and knowledge of SQL