Microsoft Hiring | Software Engineer 2

Microsoft is hiring a Software Engineer 2 for its Azure HorizonDB team, which is building a next-generation cloud-native database platform focused on high performance, strong consistency, and scalability.

This opportunity is suited for experienced engineers interested in distributed systems, database internals, and large-scale cloud infrastructure.

Job Details

• Company: Microsoft

• Role: Software Engineer 2

• Team: Azure Data – HorizonDB

• Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Experience: 4+ years

• Employment Type: Full-time

• Work Model: 3 days per week in the office

• Job ID: 200061880

• Posted On: October 14, 2026

What You'll Work On

• Build scalable, performant, and maintainable components for large-scale database systems.

• Contribute to storage engines, transaction processing, replication, and failover.

• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues.

• Participate in code reviews, ensuring reliability and maintainability.

• Support live services and participate in rotational on-call responsibilities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, plus 4+ years of software engineering experience, or equivalent experience.

• 4+ years of experience building and supporting production-grade distributed cloud services.

• Programming experience in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.

Preferred Qualification: A master's degree with 4+ years of relevant experience, or a bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience.

Why Consider This Role?

• Work on foundational database technology within Azure.

• Solve challenging problems in distributed systems and database infrastructure.

• Contribute to systems designed for high availability, consistency, and predictable performance at scale.

Apply Now

https://apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/apply?pid=1970393557040679&hl=en

The listing states that the role will remain open for at least five days.