23 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design and develop storage and index access methods leveraging lake-native open storage formats.
- Develop cost-based query planning techniques for hybrid storage formats.
- Design and develop methods for composing different engines into hybrid query execution plans.
- Mentor other engineers on the team.
- Own features through the end-to-end software development lifecycle.
- Set technical direction and influence database architecture across multiple teams.
- Pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
- At least 4 years of hands-on software development experience using C++, Rust, or an equivalent systems programming language.
- At least 4 years of experience designing, developing, and shipping system-level features for large-scale cloud services or backend distributed systems.
- Deep expertise in distributed systems, storage, and database architectures.
- Experience building and operating cloud platforms or foundational services on Azure, AWS, or GCP, including scalability strategy, availability guarantees, and platform-level observability.
- Experience with PostgreSQL internals or similar enterprise-grade database systems.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.
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