Software Engineer – Rollouts & Upgrades (Azure PostgreSQL)

About the role

Microsoft's Azure Data engineering team is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Rollouts & Upgrades team for Azure PostgreSQL. You will design, develop, and deploy scalable solutions that upgrade PostgreSQL servers across the fleet, while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to best‑practice culture.

Key responsibilities

• Participate in architecture and design discussions to ensure high reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Write extensible, maintainable, high‑quality code that handles all corner cases.
• Apply metrics and best‑practice coding patterns to improve code stability.
• Conduct code reviews, focusing on diagnosability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Increase test coverage by adding new automated tests.
• Maintain live service operations, providing on‑call support on a rotational basis.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and growth.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Strong problem‑solving abilities and attention to detail.

Required skills

• C
• C++
• C#
• Java
• JavaScript
• Python