Data is the new currency of the digital world, and Microsoft is uniquely positioned to help businesses and consumers get the most out of their data assets. With the leading database engine in the world --SQL Server-- and the rapidly growing Azure cloud, Microsoft has made an enormous bet on delivering a modern data platform. Recently, innovations such as SQL on Linux, Big Data and IoT/Edge capabilities have been added to the platform. Whether on-prem or in the cloud, SQL Server and Azure SQL Database is the relational platform of choice for enterprises, ISVs, and application developers. Customers are using SQL Server and Azure SQL Database to disrupt markets and transform their existing business.

Underpinning it all is solid systems and OS-level fundamentals along with best-in-class performance. From transaction processing to large scale analytics, and from desktop machines to 48 TB RAM servers with 800+ cores. Such vertical scaling capability is the result of methodical engineering and now we need your help to take it to the next level!

Responsibilities

The Azure Data SQL Server Team is looking for a Software Development Engineer II with a passion for technology, performance and helping customers succeed on our platform by building the next set of industry-leading features and capabilities. You have an opportunity to work on one or more of these technologies (Azure SQL Database, SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, SQL Server, and SQL Big Data clusters) with a focus on driving product performance and reducing TCO. You will have the opportunity to work on scale-up performance of SQL on a single system (200+ cores, 24TB+ ram, 100 Gbit NIC ...), scale-out performance (SQL big-data clusters with 100+ nodes) and optimization of SQL Server for Cloud. From improving performance and TCO on existing HW to taking advantage of upcoming technologies (new CPUs/instruction sets, storage, networking, memory, PCI interface, ...).

Responsibilities include contributions to several of the following:

• Identifying and driving prototype projects for quick evaluation of design ideas
• Contributing to current and future product improvements around performance (perf/scale/SLA), through: Design reviews, perf investigation/analysis, prototyping and productizing code, and writing or enhancing performance tests
• Providing technical leadership and help build performance engineering skills across the organization
• Identifying and driving characterization projects to understand new scenarios and the impact of emerging technologies on product performance
• Looking into emerging and upcoming Azure HW SKUs and technologies, exploring new ideas to drive product improvements (hardware/software/config/COGS). Also includes modeling, competitive analysis & benchmarks
• Strengthening the engineering process to ensure cloud deployments (software & hardware) are done in the most efficient way and meet the targeted perf/scale/SLA goals
• Identifying improvements in supportability and customer self-diagnostics that enable live monitoring with focus on identifying/addressing performance related issues
• Collaborating with and supporting OEMs in showcasing product performance for technical marketing deliverables (benchmarks, white papers, demos, etc)

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering or Mathematics or Physics or IT technical discipline
• 4+ years of programming experience in C/C++/C#/Java/Python
• 4+ years of software development experience
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience designing and developing production quality software using C/C++; proven experience in improving product performance
• Extensive and specialized knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Database/OS internals, Big Data technologies, Hardware knowledge (CPU/System/Networking/Storage..), and Cloud related technologies
• 2+ years of experience related to Performance Engineering skills covering design/development/usage of performance workloads/test-suites/Tools to measure, analyze and root cause performance and scalability issues in the product
• Experience in both Windows and Linux system administration fundamentals
• Strong problem-solving, interpersonal, and communication skills
• MS in CS/CSE/EE or related discipline

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