Principal Software Engineer- iOS

at  Microsoft

OneDrive is a rapidly growing app at the center of Microsoft’s cloud, interacting with almost every part of Microsoft. As a Principal Software Engineer- iOS, you would be a part of a team that is fundamentally changing how millions of people use their devices and interact with some of the most critical content for their personal and professional lives, their Photos and Documents.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in iOS development using Swift, SwiftUI or Objective-C

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Previous experience with large-scale mobile applications
• Proficiency in Swift and familiarity with native iOS architecture, frameworks, and the Xcode IDE
• Passion for learning new skills with the ability to thrive in a feedback-driven environment
• Experience writing tests (unit and UI)
• Previous experience driving collaboration in your team and across teams (meaning that you can consider colleagues’ ideas, implement new methods, surface and resolve disagreements and empathize with users.)
• Expertise and pipeline automation / DevOps experience
• A passion for performance optimization and troubleshooting customer-facing issues
  Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $132,800 - CAD $247,200 per year.
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As part of the team, you will collaborate with other engineers across the company to understand requirements in order to innovate, build and maintain a robust mobile platform for the OneDrive iOS app. You will coordinate with partner teams to integrate different capabilities into the app and help maintain a healthy code base. You will help improve our photos sync technology and optimize the app’s camera backup capability.

As a Principal Software Engineer-iOS, you will be:

• Expanding your knowledge of Swift, SwiftUI, and cutting-edge mobile technologies
• Creating a robust iOS platform on top of which OneDrive iOS engineers and partners build features
• Obsessing over simplifying and optimizing the app’s dependencies, ramping capabilities, app startup sequence and authentication stack
• Learning from customer feedback, running experiments, measuring and optimizing performance
• Refining the codebase, proposing improvements, and getting those projects to the finish line
• Mentoring your colleagues and championing best practices
• Accelerating your career in a truly innovative and global engineering team

Other

• Embody our culture and values