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 in our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure Sequel Database (SQL DB), Azure Cosmos Database (DB), Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power Business Intelligence (BI). Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of Artificial Intelligence (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 Operations Support System (OSS) offerings.

　　Vector search (or nearest neighbor search) is foundational component for semantic search and retrieval-augmentation in copilots and generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) workflows. Azure Data is developing state-of-the-art vector indexing and search services across various databases.

　　This effort will build on cutting edge research in this space from Microsoft (e.g., DiskANN, sample of the work is at https://github.com/Microsoft/DiskANN) that is already used across Microsoft for search engines and co-pilots. The DiskANN project developed the first high performance disk-based vector search, the first streaming graph indexing algorithms among other industry-leading ideas.

　　As a Senior Software Engineer, you would be defining the future of vector databases for Microsoft. You will be part of a hands-on interdisciplinary research and engineering team and build systems with immediate and wide-reaching impact.

　　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

　　Maintain a central repository for vector search with continuous testing of features, functionality, performance, and reliability to be used across the company.

　　Collaborate with relevant researchers to rapidly develop new prototypes and test ideas.

　　Collaborate with product and business groups and provide relevant technology and experience on the topic.

　　Lead discussions for the architecture and create proposals for architecture by testing design hypotheses and help to refine code plans. Provide reactions, proposed solutions, and inputs to architects. Partially own solutions for architecting of solutions, with minimal technical oversight.

　　Review the code of a product to assure it meets the team's and Microsoft’s quality standards, is reliable and accurate, and is appropriate for the scale of the product/solution area. Apply feedback to current and future iterations.

　　Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guide other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.

　　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 related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, or Rust

　　OR equivalent experience.

　　1+ years of experience developing and maintaining high-performance libraries or software involving concurrency, storage systems or databases

　　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

　　Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, or Rust

　　o OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, or Rusto OR equivalent experience.

　　Industry or research experience with vector search, databases, machine learning or systems software.

　　Hands on experience designing, developing, and deploying solutions at scale.

　　Experience working with research teams to rapidly develop new prototypes and test ideas. Or has direct research experience demonstrated through publications or patents.

　　Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 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 $145,800 - $238,600 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

　　#azdat #azuredata #vectorsearch #anns #aidatabase #copilot #rag

　　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) .