Overview
Do you want to join a world-class engineering team in India and work on hard technical challenges? Are you interested to work in a globally distributed team with an exceptional record of innovation and execution that has made us one of the largest businesses within Microsoft? If yes, keep reading…
Azure SQL Database is a fast-growing platform as a service that is attracting application developers and enterprise workloads to the cloud. Our team is responsible for mission critical functions such as point in time restore, default disaster recovery and long-term retention for millions of databases. This is a great opportunity to learn and work on the internals of enterprise class relational database engines, solve hard problems and build a highly-scalable and reliable data service. You will be working in an environment where innovation is valued and will have an opportunity for direct impact on functionality, scalability, security, performance, manageability and supportability of the Azure SQL Database service. We need collaborative developers who can think big and find creative ways to meet these challenges. Come join us in the Azure Data SQL India team!
Microsoft Azure SQL Performance Engineering team to work at the forefront of large-scale cloud database systems, where you’ll ensure that we deliver world-class performance, reliability, and efficiency under demanding real-world workloads. The team designs and executes competitive benchmarks, conducts deep performance investigations, and identifies bottlenecks across compute, storage, and distributed system layers, while going beyond measurement to drive real impact. You’ll collaborate closely with partner engineering teams to diagnose issues, influence architecture, and implement optimizations that directly enhance customer experience at scale, making this an ideal role for engineers passionate about performance, complex system problem-solving, and delivering measurable improvements in globally distributed services.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with OEMs partners in analyzing SQL performance on modern h/w technologies and showcasing product performance for technical marketing deliverables (benchmarks, white papers, demos, etc.)
Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications:
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.
