Are you looking to work in a fast-paced startup style team impacting the bottom line for Microsoft? The Bing Growth Platform team is the industry leader in developing innovative user experiences that help grow search market share. By building features that connect users with the underlying value of our products, we have generated significant revenue and usage growth, and have empowered users everywhere by enabling a better experience on the web. We are looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer for our collaborative, innovative and fast-moving team that has delivered some of Bing’s most exciting features, and we’re just getting warmed up! Our mission is to build a loyal user base that spans the entire Microsoft consumer ecosystem (Bing, Xbox, Edge, MSN, Windows and Mobile).

Learning and growth opportunities on the team:

• Work on a team that gets things done and works in a startup mode.
• Ship code and features that impacts consumers of multiple products and services.
• Work with large, scalable and high-performance services that leverage the latest technologies.
• Work in a culture of continuous improvement, adaptation, reflection, and growth.
• Work with a highly collaborative and fun team in a fast-learning 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.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience of designing, coding, debugging and delivering large projects

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with designing and building reliable, distributed services.
• Demonstrated problem solving and prioritization skills.
• Proven track record of growing consumer or enterprise products using product led growth techniques.
  Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $108,100 - CAD $199,700 per year.
  Find additional pay information here:
  https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html
  Microsoft will accept applications for the role until February 21, 2025.
  

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Senior Software Engineer in our Bing Growth Platform team, you will be an integral part of a multi-disciplined team and build products that encourage the use of Bing through enticing new features across all platforms. Collaborating with Software Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists, and Designers, you will play a key role in executing both long-term and tactical investments that will help us to continue to gain market share. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast paced environment and can collaborate well with different disciplines. As a part of this team:

• You will deliver highly secure, reliable, and performant platform and application components, end-to-end.
• You will work with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and Designers, to get the right features defined and then design, code, test, release, monitor, and maintain.
• You will optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
• You will use customer feedback to drive improvement and innovation in our products and ensure that customers are succeeding with our software and services.
• You will provide technical leadership for some of the projects and create design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• You will articulate well and keep all stakeholders informed to ensure that the product scales to customer requirements.
• You will foster a culture of inclusivity and disciplined software engineering practices to deliver business value, guided by data.

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter