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This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.\nMicrosoft’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.\nWithin Microsoft Fabric, the Platform team builds and operates the unified foundation that brings together all Fabric workloads into a single, cohesive experience. 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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.\nThis role is targeting an immediate start date.\nResponsibilities\nWork with all aspects of a high throughput and multi-tenant service.\nCollaborate effectively within the team and with partner teams across Microsoft. \nDesign, implement, and refine chosen solutions in close partnership with Product Management and partner teams.\nChampion operational excellence via established metrics, process governance, and policy controls for regular assessment and improvement.\nDocument and define existing data engineering processes, data and technology, while evaluating them for optimization.\nBe part of the on-call rotation for maintaining service health\nEmbody our culture and values\nQualifications\nRequired/minimum qualifications\nBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.\nJob Requirements: Other & Additional\nAbility 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:\nThis position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years. \n\nPreferred/Additional Qualifications\n1+ years of experience developing services on major cloud services providers (Azure, AWS, GCP) and familiarity with all standard cloud design patterns. \nExpertise 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.\n#azdat\n#azuredata\n#MicrosoftFabric #DistributedSystems #Backend\nSoftware Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,400 - $168,100 per year. 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