18 Oct
Microsoft Canada
Vancouver
Microsoft's Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture. Within Azure Data, the databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems.
We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings.
The Azure SQL team within Azure Data at Microsoft is responsible for a wide range of SQL services, including Azure SQL Database, SQL Managed Instance (SQL MI), SQL Virtual Machines (IaaS), on-premises SQL Server, and Arc-enabled SQL Server. Together, these services power many of the world's mission-critical databases, trusted by most Fortune 1000 companies. A vital component of the database experience is the client SDKs we provide for developers, enabling seamless connections to the SQL family of databases across on-premises and cloud environments. These SDKs support various languages and frameworks, including Python, Java, C++, C#, and related object-relational mapping frameworks. Our team owns System.Data.SqlClient and Microsoft.Data.SqlClient SDKs across Windows, Linux, and macOS platforms.
We are seeking a skilled Principal Software Engineer with a passion for hands-on development to lead and innovate within our engineering team. Your primary mission in this role will be to enhance SQL Server Client drivers by improving their performance, reliability, maintainability, and usability. Additionally, you'll focus on integrating these drivers more effectively with various language-specific data frameworks. This role requires collaboration within and across teams to foster a culture of innovation in data API development and to streamline the integration of Azure SQL databases into the latest web, mobile, and microservice architectures.
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Individual Contributor
▶️ Principal Software Engineer
🖊️ Microsoft Canada
📍 Vancouver