Software Development Engineer

Microsofts 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 tobuild the data platform for the age of AI powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

Within Microsoft Fabric the Platform team builds and operates the unified foundation that brings together all Fabric workloads into a single cohesive experience. The platform provides shared infrastructure governance security and a unified data model that enables customers to manage their entire data estate in one place. This team is central to delivering Fabric as a complete end-to-end intelligence platform.

We are looking for a Software Engineer with AI native development experience working with all aspects of high throughput and multi-tenant services ability to design components carefully properly handle errors creates clean and well-factored code with good tests and good maintainability. Our ideal candidate will have backend service development experience.

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.

Microsofts 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.

This role is targeting an immediate start date.

• Work with all aspects of a high throughput and multi-tenant service.
• Collaborate effectively within the team and with partner teams across Microsoft.
• Design implement and refine chosen solutions in close partnership with Product Management and partner teams.
• Champion operational excellence via established metrics process governance and policy controls for regular assessment and improvement.
• Document and define existing data engineering processes data and technology while evaluating them for optimization.
• Be part of the on-call rotation for maintaining service health
• Embody ourculture and values

Job Requirements: Other & Additional

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.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

• 1 years of experience developing services on major cloud services providers (Azure AWS GCP) and familiarity with all standard cloud design patterns.
• Expertise in AI native development and utilizing AI coding tools (GitHub copilot/CLI Claude code OpenAI Codex or Cursor) in all stages of software development lifecycle including spec driven development.