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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 Big Data Analytics team provides a range of products that enable data engineers and data scientists to extract intelligence from all data – structured, semi-structured, and unstructured. We are in the process of integrating our disparate products into Azure Synapse Analytics with a set of experiences that are meant to simplify and accelerate time to value.   ​

　　​​We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build cloud native big data analytics engine that can regularly handle petabytes-sized and larger data sets. You will work in areas related to intermediate data store that handles temporary data transferred between mappers and reducers. We are looking for passionate people with experiences working with high throughput systems, ability to design components carefully, properly handle errors, write clean and well-factored code with good tests and maintainability.

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　　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

　　​​Work with a team of engineers to design, implement, and maintain features in the intermediate data store for big data analytics engine

　　As a senior engineer you will have the opportunity to develop excellent design skills and grow as an engineer and technical leader to mentor and ramp up new hires.

　　Work closely with program and product managers to ensure we are prioritizing the right customer asks.

　　Improve and monitor telemetry to assess the health of the product in both pre-release as well as released software and use this data to drive improvements into the quality of the product.

　　Embody our culture and values

　　Qualifications

　　Required/Minimum Qualifications

　　Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND relevant years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

　　Relevant years of technical engineering experience coding in C/C++ Demonstrated experience and comfort in multithreading constructs and their use in C/C++​

　　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

　　Preferred demonstrated experience in Win32 Networking programming

　　Preferred experience working with distributed system

　　Preferred experience solving scalability and performance problems

　　Effective communication and cross group collaboration skills

　　Written and oral communication skills

　　Self-motivated and able to operate independently ​

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