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Software Engineer II - Azure PostgreSQL Team

2026-01-28

Serbia, Belgrade, Belgrade

3 days / week in-office

Overview We are Azure Data, a Microsoft team that drives the future of data processing in the Microsoft Cloud. Our software development team, located in Belgrade, is building some of the most advanced and widely used data processing cloud services in the world. The services we build are based on groundbreaking technology and are global market leaders, with millions of active users, and applications ranging from small shops to large mission critical business workloads. Each service provides the benefits of automated database management: patching, backups, high-availability, security, and many more. Azure Database for PostgreSQL is a database service based on PostgreSQL technology, the most popular open-source DB tech in the world. Applications can enjoy the richness of PostgreSQL surface area developed by the ecosystem, such as JSONB, geospatial support, rich indexing and dozens of extensions, while also enjoying the benefits of a fully-managed cloud service: fast scaling, intelligent performance tuning, and automated security. Responsibilities <ul><li>Design, produce and deliver software to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, security, and efficiency of a cloud service.</li><li>Contribute with fixing, enhancing, and supporting our services in production, including periodic on-call duties</li><li>Collaborate with colleagues across the world to address all requirements needed to run enterprise-grade services. </li><li>Participate actively in code reviews, bug/issue triage with the feature teams, and support well informed decisions towards business and engineering goals.</li><li>Review and influence ongoing design, architecture, standards and methods for operating services and systems. </li></ul> Qualifications Required Qualifications <ul><li>Degree in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline.</li><li>Experience in system programming. </li><li>2+ years of software development experience.</li><li>Ability to effectively communicate in English.</li><li>Great collaboration and team-player skills.</li></ul> Preferred Qualifications • Demonstrated excellence in coding and technical communication. • Demonstrated problem solving and debugging skills. • Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including, but not limited to: Java, C/C++, C#, Python, JavaScript, PowerShell, Rust. • Experience with large scale services, distributed systems. • Strong customer focus and data driven approach. This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> 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 <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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Principal Software Engineer - Azure PostgreSQL Team

2026-01-27

Serbia, Belgrade, Belgrade

3 days / week in-office

Overview We are Azure Data, a Microsoft team that drives the future of data processing in the Microsoft Cloud. Our software development team, located in Belgrade, is building some of the most advanced and widely used data processing cloud services in the world. The services we build are based on groundbreaking technology and are global market leaders, with millions of active users, and applications ranging from small shops to large mission critical business workloads. Each service provides the benefits of automated database management: patching, backups, high-availability, security, and many more. <a id="menurt1" title="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/postgresql" href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/postgresql" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Azure Database for PostgreSQL</a> and <a id="menurt3" title="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/horizondb" href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/horizondb" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Azure HorizonDB</a> are database services based on PostgreSQL technology, the most popular open-source DB tech in the world. Applications can enjoy the richness of PostgreSQL surface area developed by the ecosystem, such as JSONB, geospatial support, rich indexing and dozens of extensions, while also enjoying the benefits of a fully-managed cloud service: fast scaling, intelligent performance tuning, and automated security. Our PostgreSQL Engineering team is on a mission to redefine the future of cloud-native PostgreSQL by building a modern, serverless database platform that delivers continuous availability, high performance, and seamless scalability. We are investing in foundational improvements across core PostgreSQL components, engineering practices, and tooling - spanning automation, observability, and intelligent diagnostics - while embracing both proven techniques and cutting-edge innovations. We collaborate closely with open-source communities, Linux kernel contributors, and internal Azure engineering teams to push the boundaries of what PostgreSQL can achieve in the cloud. You will have the opportunity to contribute to open-source PostgreSQL and Linux, and\or develop extensions. Experience with both is preferable.We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who is passionate and highly motivated to work on researching, solving deep technical problems, taking on challenges, and delivering cutting-edge market-leading software. In this role you will collaborate with some of the world's leading experts in this area of technology, and have an excellent opportunity to learn, grow and advance your career. Responsibilities <ul><li>Drive and lead the software development projects from technical perspective, timelines, delivery, priority.</li><li>Review and influence ongoing design, architecture, standards and methods for operating services and systems.</li><li>Participate actively in code reviews, bug/issue triage with the feature teams, and support well informed decisions towards business and engineering goals. </li><li>Design, produce and deliver software to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, and security of a cloud service. </li><li>Contribute by fixing, enhancing, and supporting our services in production, including periodic on-call duties </li><li>On-call duties and support include (live-site outage prevention and mitigations, root-cause analysis, enhancing operational readiness, dev-ops work, product repair work). </li><li>Collaborate with teams across the world to address all requirements needed to run enterprise-grade services. </li><li>Proactively lead efforts for further improvements of the system, process and owned product areas/components. </li><li>Mentor and guide the junior engineering colleagues.</li></ul> Qualifications <ul><li>Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (software/electrical engineering).</li><li>8+ years of software design and development experiences.</li><li>5+ years of experience in technical design, problem-solving and debugging.</li><li>5+ years of experience with architecting, developing and maintaining large scale and data intensive systems.</li><li>Passion for growth, learning new technical domains, and growing technical and soft skills.</li><li>Experience in one or more programming languages, including, but not limited to: C/C++, Java, C#, Python, PowerShell, Rust.</li><li>Experience with planning, organizing, and executing on project for software components and feature areas (work with wider group of committers).</li><li>Demonstrated passion for customer engagement and experience, with data driven approach.</li><li>Track record in driving project clarity and results through formal and non-formal leadership skills.</li><li>Excellent communication and cross team collaboration skill (English speaking).</li><li>People management experience is not required but is considered a bonus</li><li>Experience with data intensive and large scale processing technologies and database systems is considered a bonus</li><li>Experience with cloud technologies (Azure/AWS/GCP) is considered a bonus</li></ul> This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> 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 <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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Senior Data Scientist

2026-01-29

Serbia, Belgrade, Belgrade

4 days / week in-office

Overview <div dir="ltr" data-wrapper="true">Join the Microsoft Shopping team! We deliver smart shopping experiences with personalization, savings, transparency, and convenience, ensuring confidence in every purchase. Microsoft Shopping is your personal shopping companion, empowering customers to shop smarter and discover what they love. By harnessing the power of AI (artificial intelligence), LLMs (large language models) and LLM-based Agents, we are building best-in-class shopping experiences across Bing, MSN, and Edge. If you are passionate about transforming the online shopping experience for millions of users, this role is for you. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will leverage advanced analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to drive innovation and deliver personalized shopping experiences for Bing Shopping users. You’ll collaborate closely with engineers and product teams to design scalable models that enhance catalog comprehensiveness, optimize product recommendations, and streamline search relevance. Your work will focus on uncovering actionable insights from vast and diverse datasets, developing robust data pipelines, and creating predictive models that empower customers to make confident purchasing decisions. By staying at the forefront of industry trends and applying state-of-the-art techniques, you will help shape the future of online shopping on Bing, ensuring a seamless, transparent, and rewarding experience for millions of users. As a senior contributor, you will lead by example, mentoring junior team members, championing best practices in data science, and fostering a collaborative and innovative team environment. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.</div> Responsibilities <ul><li>You will acquire the data necessary for your project plan and develop usable data sets for modeling. You’ll also update internal best practices for data collection and preparation, and contribute to data integrity conversations with customers. </li><li>You will evaluate your team’s models and recommend improvements as necessary, drive best practices for models, and develop operational models that run at scale. You’ll also conduct thorough reviews of data analysis and modeling techniques, and identify and invent new evaluation methods. </li><li>You will research and maintain a deep knowledge of the industry, including trends and technologies, so that you can identify strategy opportunities and contribute to thought leadership best practices. You’ll also write extensible code that spans multiple features, and develop expertise in proper debugging techniques. </li><li>You will define business, customer, and solution strategy goals, and partner with other teams to identify and explore new opportunities. You’ll also apply a customer-oriented focus to understand their needs, and help drive realistic customer expectations. </li></ul> Qualifications Required Qualifications:<ul><li>Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND some data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)<ul><li>OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND some data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results) </li><li>OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND solid data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)</li><li>OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></li><li>Some customer-facing, project-delivery experience, professional services, and/or consulting experience. </li></ul>Preferred Qualifications:<ul><li>Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND some data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)<ul><li>OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND solid data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)</li><li>OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND extensive data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)</li><li>OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></li></ul>#MicrosoftAI This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> 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 <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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