Senior Full stack Engineer - Kusto

Overview

Do you want to design and build platforms that redefine how organizations explore and analyze massive datasets in real time? Are you passionate about owning complex systems that operate at global cloud scale?

Microsoft’s Azure Data organization is building the analytics platforms that power data driven applications for the age of AI. Our technologies span databases, big data analytics, messaging, and real time analytics, enabling customers to gain insights from data at ‑unprecedented‑ scale and speed.

Within Azure Data, the Kusto team delivers a high scale, distributed analytics engine that underpins mission critical‑ observability and real time‑ analytics across Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric. Kusto ingests hundreds of petabytes of data daily and serves as a foundational platform for ‑real time‑ intelligence.

We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join the Kusto organization. In this role, you will own and drive significant backend and frontend components, shape architectural decisions, and help evolve the RealTime Intelligence (RTI) platform in Microsoft Fabric—building systems that deliver ‑low latency‑ insights at massive scale.

Responsibilities

Own the design and implementation of major backend and frontend components in a distributed, high SLA‑ system
Drive architectural decisions for cloud services, APIs, and user facing‑ experiences
Build scalable, performant backend services and high-quality frontend applications that enable ‑real time‑ data exploration
Lead features end-to-end‑ from design through production deployment and ‑long term‑ operation
Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and design partners across geographies
Identify and address issues in reliability, performance, scalability, and cost efficiency
Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance
Participate in on call rotations and lead mitigation of complex, ‑high impact‑ production incidents

Qualifications

7+ years of professional software engineering experience
Strong Full Stack experience in C#,JavaScript ,React and modern frameworks
Experience building and operating large scale distributed systems and cloud native‑ services with high availability and operational excellence

Others:

Ability to drive projects with minimal oversight and influence technical direction
B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science or Software Engineering
Experience with real time analytics, observability, or ‑data intensive‑ systems
Deep understanding of asynchronous programming, concurrency, and system performance
Experience influencing architecture beyond a single feature or component
Passion for building reliable platforms with significant customer impact

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.