Senior Software Engineer-Distributed System
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 6, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 31, 2026. Microsoft scores B on the Alion truth index.
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.
The Databases organization delivers trusted, scalable operational AI ready databases that power application development across cloud, hybrid, and on premises environments. Our portfolio includes SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, DocumentDB, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, supporting developers as they build AI native applications and run critical workloads at global scale.
We are hiring a Software Engineer to join the Azure Cosmos DB Gateway team, where you will work on the critical front-end data plane that powers one of the largest globally distributed database services in the world.
The Gateway sits on the request path between customers and Azure Cosmos DB, processing trillions of requests every day across hundreds of clusters worldwide. Our team owns the scalability, availability, performance, and operational excellence of this infrastructure and is building the next generation of the Cosmos DB Gateway to significantly increase throughput, reduce latency, improve resiliency, and lower infrastructure cost.
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
- Design and build highly available, high-performance distributed systems that operate at massive scale.
- Work on building infrastructure for Cosmos DB gateway applications.
- Work on request routing, connection management, networking, caching, load balancing, resource management, service reliability, and performance optimization for Cosmos DB workloads running in gateway mode.
- Dive deep into Azure technologies and distributed database systems.
- Collaborate with partners, internal and external to Azure Cosmos DB organization, to design and build features that drive service growth.
- Influence and create new designs, architectures, standards and methods for large-scale distributed systems.
- Build reusable libraries of services practices for other teams to leverage.
- Work in a culture of continuous improvement, adaptation, reflection, and growth.
Other:
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
Other Job 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 Qualifications
- Experience working on large scale distributed systems
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 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
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.