The role is for a Software Engineer on Microsoft's Azure Cosmos DB team, which focuses on building and maintaining operational database systems. The team is dedicated to enabling developer-friendly, mission-critical, AI-enabled databases across various offerings. Engineers will collaborate to design and implement reliable, low-latency solutions for Cosmos DB services. The position emphasizes innovation and data-driven decision-making to support business growth.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.

• Design, develop and maintain high-scale services that form the backbone of Cosmos DB.
• Dive deep into Azure technologies and distributed database systems.
• Collaborate with partners, internal and external to Azure Cosmos DB organization, to design and build features that drive service growth.
• Influence and create new designs, architectures, standards and methods for large-scale distributed systems.
• Build reusable libraries of services best practices for other teams to leverage.
• Work in a culture of continuous improvement, adaptation, reflection, and growth.

• Employees at Microsoft are often offered comprehensive, “world-class” benefits—including health and mental-wellness programs, competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards, and retirement/savings options. Time-off and flexibility are common, with generous vacation and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, and flexible work schedules, alongside learning support, employee resource groups, product discounts, and matching-gifts/volunteering programs. Specific benefits can vary by region.