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As a Senior Software Engineer on the Azure Data databases team, you will work on the DocumentDB engine to extend PostgreSQL for large-scale document workloads. You will perform deep work on PostgreSQL internals, including index access methods and operator classes, to develop indexing strategies for unstructured and semi-structured data. Your daily responsibilities include extending the query engine by introducing BSON aware operators and custom scan nodes, designing index pruning strategies, and profiling distributed systems to identify performance bottlenecks. You will collaborate with the PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Linux Foundation communities to align on roadmap priorities. The role requires expertise in database internals, storage engines, and high-performance libraries. Required skills include proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python to build mission-critical, cloud-native database features for large-scale distributed systems.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $202482 from 350 postings across 56 companies.
Develop indexing strategies for large-scale unstructured and semi-structured data using PostgreSQL internals.
Extend the PostgreSQL query engine with BSON aware operators and custom scan nodes to meet NoSQL requirements.
Design and tune index pruning strategies to maintain performance while keeping large tables lean.
Profile and analyze distributed systems to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
Contribute features and align on roadmap priorities with the PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Linux Foundation communities.
Conduct design and code reviews while establishing team coding guidelines.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of experience coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent).
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Experience with internals of PostgreSQL or similar Enterprise Database Management systems, including Storage Engine and High Availability (preferred).
Experience building Distributed Systems with strong guarantees (preferred).
2+ years of experience designing, developing, and shipping system level features in a large-scale cloud application or backend distributed system (preferred).
2+ years of experience developing and maintaining high-performance libraries or software engineering focused on large distributed systems involving concurrency, storage systems, or databases (preferred).
SONiC
Linux
C
C++
Python
Distributed Systems
Networking Protocols
L2/L3, switching
Routing
Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Telemetry
Hardware-Software Interfaces
Embedded Systems
SDKs
ASICs