Senior Software Engineer bei Microsoft Corporation

Overview

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 AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

Within Azure Data, the business intelligence team builds and maintains Power BI which is the undisputed leader in BI tool in the industry today and serves as the bridge between data professionals & Office users. Power BI’s core value proposition is to enable end users to get answers & insights from their data through data visualization.

Within this organization, the Analysis Services Engine (AS) team builds and evolves the analytical database engine that is the core foundation behind the Power BI Semantic Models aka Datasets as well as SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) and Azure Analysis Services (AAS).

Power BI continues to grow rapidly as one of the world’s leading analytical SaaS platforms. SSAS remains a key pillar of the multi-billion-dollar SQL Server product line, while AAS stands out as one of the fastest-growing services in the Azure ecosystem. As adoption of the Analysis Services Engine expands across these products, our team is poised for an exciting and impactful future.

We’re a collaborative, close-knit team where engineers can contribute to and explore every part of the product—from the core database engine to cloud infrastructure, scalability, and service reliability. We actively invest in each other’s success, offering guidance, feedback, and opportunities for both technical mastery and career growth.

We don’t just welcome diverse perspectives—we actively seek them out. We believe the best ideas emerge when different voices are heard and valued. This commitment drives better products, stronger teams, and greater impact for our customers.

If you’re looking for a transparent, inclusive, and growth-oriented environment where you can help shape the world’s best analytical platform, we’d love to hear from you.

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

We’re seeking talented backend engineers who are passionate about building reliable, scalable, and high-impact systems. In this role, you will:

• Design and develop robust, distributed systems that power core analytics experiences. Strong coding, debugging, and problem-solving skills are essential for success

• Deploy and operate the Analysis Services (AS) engine across Power BI, Azure Analysis Services, and SQL Server Analysis Services. You’ll monitor system health, respond to live-site incidents, and participate in the on-call rotation to ensure high availability and reliability

• Define and track key metrics to measure feature adoption, performance, and overall service quality—using insights to guide continuous improvements

• Collaborate directly with customers to resolve issues, gather feedback, and translate their needs into impactful new features

• Partner with stakeholders across Microsoft to ensure our solutions are secure, compliant, and aligned with both customer and organizational goals

Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values)

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.

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 thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, OR equivalent experience.

• Strong computer science fundamentals like data structures and algorithms, basic computer networking understanding, database system fundamentals etc.

• Proficient in C/C++/C# or other system or object-oriented languages, with recent hands-on development experience.

• Strong design and problem-solving skills, with a strong passion for performance analysis, quality, and engineering excellence at scale. Great curiosity and willingness to question as well as learn.

• Experience in live site activities and monitoring and troubleshooting issues in cloud services (on-call) is a major plus.

• 2+ years of experience in developing and shipping complex and scalable software systems, managing live site incidents.

Any one or more of below is highly preferred:

• Experience in building and running highly scalable cloud service on Azure platform is a major plus.

• Experience in database internals (e.g., B+ trees, query optimization) a major plus.

• Experience in language compilers or query optimizers/execution engine internals (e.g., MySQL/PostgreSQL query compiler, C++, .NET) a major plus.

• Expertise in developing highly efficient, lock-free, native code for distributed systems is especially valuable.

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 $158,400 - $258,000 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. (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html)