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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. 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.

Join our team and help make Azure Databased for MySQL the best managed MySQL service!

• We are a team of passionate engineers who work on building and scaling the managed MySQL service on Azure.

• We provide customers with a fully managed, secure, and reliable MySQL database service that integrates with the Azure ecosystem.

• We are constantly innovating and improving our service to meet the needs of our customers and the industry standards.

Why join us?

• Be a pioneer: You will work on cutting-edge technologies and solutions that enable customers to migrate and modernize their MySQL databases on Azure.

• Make an impact: You will have a direct impact on the growth and success of the Azure MySQL service and the satisfaction of our customers.

• Innovate: You will have the opportunity to explore new ideas, experiment with new technologies, and learn from your peers and mentors.

You will be a Senior Software Engineer on the Azure MySQL migration platform team. You will design, develop, test, and deploy features and enhancements that enable customers to migrate and optimize their MySQL databases on Azure. You will mentor and coach junior engineers and contribute to the team culture and best practices.

What you'll do

• Build and innovate: You will use your skills and experience in services, MySQL, Azure, and other technologies to build and improve the migration platform and related services.

• Collaborate: You will work closely with other engineers, product managers, and customers to deliver features and enhancements that meet their needs and expectations.

• Enhance customer experience: You will ensure that the migration platform is easy to use, robust, and secure, and that it provides customers with the best possible price/performance ratio.

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

• 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 are obsessed with customers and make data-driven decisions using telemetry collected from customers and production systems.

• We take time to build engineering systems that allow us to focus on new problems and reduce overhead.

• We look for opportunities to use existing technologies and are at the forefront of Microsoft’s embracing of open source.

• We have alluring solutions that no one in the industry had dared to build because the problems are breathtakingly challenging. That’s why we need you!

Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values)

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering or Mathematics or Physics or IT technical discipline or 5+ years of industry engineering experience

• 5+ years of programming experience in C++ or C# or Java with excellent understanding of PowerShell, Scripting languages and Linux

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.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

. Experience with internals of MySQL or similar Enterprise Database Management system, including understanding of migration and replication technology.

• Experience building and shipping production grade software or services.

• Experience building and operating online services and fault-tolerant distributed systems.

• Experience creating and shipping V1 products using modern development practices.

• Experience using agile methodologies or test-driven development (TDD).

• Great curiosity and willingness to question.

• High enthusiasm, integrity, ingenuity, results-orientation, self-motivation, and resourcefulness in a fast-paced competitive environment.

• Love the next problem, the next experiment, the next partner.

• Have a deep desire to work collaboratively, solve problems with groups, find win/win solutions and celebrate successes.

• Get excited by the challenge of hard technical problems.

• Solve problems by always leading with deep passion and empathy for customers.

• Understanding of data structures, algorithms and distributed systems

• Experience building Distributed Systems with reliable guarantees.

• Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.

• 3+ 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.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .