Software Engineer II - Performance Engineering

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. 

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering or Mathematics or Physics or IT technical discipline   

• 4+ years of programming experience in C++.  

• 4+ years of experience related to Performance Engineering skills covering design/development/usage of performance workloads/Tools to measure, analyze and root cause performance and scalability issues in the product. 

• Proficiency in troubleshooting and debugging 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Extensive and specialized knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Database/OS internals, Hardware knowledge (CPU/System/Networking/Storage), and Cloud related technologies. 

• Strong problem-solving, interpersonal, and communication skills. 

• Great curiosity and willingness to question, undaunted by hard technical problems. 

• 2+ years of experience designing and developing production quality software using C/C++. 

• Proven experience in improving product performance. 

• Experience in both Windows and Linux system performance tools. 

• MS in CS/CSE/EE or related discipline.

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