Overview

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 messaging and real-time analytics team provides comprehensive solutions and a robust platform that enables users to ingest high granularity signals (real-time & observability) and complex data, converting those into a competitive advantage in real-time for both end users and modern applications.

The Kusto team builds Microsoft’s big data interactive analytics service – Azure Data Explorer, that powers Microsoft big data analytics products and is used extensively to operate many other Microsoft services and products.

The Kusto product team is expanding as the Azure Data Explorer service gets more momentum and adoption globally. We are making the digital transformation happen for more and more businesses across the world.

Join the Kusto team as a Partner Software Engineer and be part of empowering businesses all over the world to be more up to date, aware and efficient in a rapidly changing environment in ways that they could not imagine before.

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

Responsibilities

Leads end-to-end engineering delivery for high-impact systems, from design through production and live-site operations. Drives adoption of AI-native development practices while ensuring quality, security, compliance, and Responsible AI standards across AI-assisted design, code, and testing. Owns architectural direction for scalable, reliable, and secure systems, making cross-team design and dependency decisions. Sets a high bar for coding quality and engineering excellence through hands-on reviews, mentoring, and occasional contribution to critical code paths. Partners with senior stakeholders to translate user and business needs into technical execution, while ensuring operational readiness, strong reliability, and continuous improvement in production.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience

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, read more about requesting accommodations.