Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft

2 - 5 years

Bengaluru

Posted: 26/10/2025

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Job Description

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

Within Azure Data, the databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings.

SQL team is hiring an experienced engineer who will design and develop features in SQL DB’s flagship Hyperscale cloud database offering, core database Engine areas like logging and recovery, transactions, versioning, database structures such as b-trees and heaps, and many other areas of a large-scale database service. Curiosity and willingness to question and learn, strong customer empathy, and willingness to participate in a 24x7 live site on call rotations are additional responsibilities.

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.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD with work or research experience in computer science or related field.
10+ years of programming experience in C++ OR C# OR Java

Preferred Qualifications:
Sound problem-solving skills with strong system sensibilities
Proficient in C++, C#, Java or other high-level languages.
Good understanding of database system internals, storage systems.
Experience in building and shipping production grade software or services.
High enthusiasm, integrity, results-orientation, self-motivation, and resourcefulness.
Work collaboratively, solve problems with groups, find win/win solutions, and celebrate successes.
Solve problems by always leading with deep passion and empathy for customers.

Other 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/Additional Qualifications

• Design and development experience in cloud databases, storage systems, core database engine
• Experience with large scale distributed systems, multithreading and object-oriented programming

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Responsibilities

Design and code highly complex features using latest technology in compute and storage, apply innovative algorithms for solving database, computing and storage problems at scale and high performance
Design and code complex features as part of SQL Database Engine related to Metadata, Indexes, DDL's, database structures including b-trees and heaps
Lead by example within the team by producing extensible and maintainable code.
Influence product architecture and technical roadmaps
Apply metrics to drive the quality and stability of code, as well as appropriate coding patterns and best practices
Actively use AI for productivity in code, debugging and tests
Participate in code reviews to ensure coding standards are followed.
Mentor junior and senior engineers, lead technical discussions, and drive best practices in software engineering
Be part of the on-call rotation for maintaining service health of millions of databases across the world

Embody our culture and values

About Company

Microsoft Corporation is a leading American multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is best known for its software products, including the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office Suite, and Azure cloud services. The company also produces hardware like the Surface devices and owns LinkedIn, GitHub, and the Xbox gaming brand. Microsoft is one of the world's most valuable companies, playing a key role in personal computing, enterprise software, AI, and cloud computing.