Senior Software Engineer

at  Microsoft

Microsoft Teams is core to Microsoft’s vision for intelligent communications and productivity pane into modern workplace. We are fast becoming the hub for teamwork in Office 365 with hundreds of thousands of organizations and tens of millions of users across the globe using Teams. Microsoft Teams now has 300+ M daily users, cementing it as the fastest growing business application in Microsoft history. The journey has just started, and we are looking for a great Software Engineer to help us keep the momentum going and revolutionize the Enterprise and Consumer space.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to provide technical leadership and drive implementation of client instrumentation and data collection frameworks. We are working to maximize the value of telemetry - to understand customer usage, enable rapid detection and debugging of issues across the Teams organization, and drive strategic investment to make customers successful.
Our culture is inclusive, casual and high energy; our team members come from diverse backgrounds, thrive through teamwork, and are grounded in our customer needs. The team collaboration space is going through rapid growth. People can learn new technologies and grow their career quickly.

About us:

• We’re a savvy group of generalizing specialists; we blend years of Software Engineering expertise with tools like React, Angular, Apollo, GraphQL, and Typescript to empower an entire organization to build great software.
• We take pride in building highly reliable systems that produce and enrich over 100 billion events per day to deliver business and engineering insight.
• We deliver in near real time datasets that drive business and operational KPIs across the Teams organization.

About you:

• You have deep domain knowledge of instrumenting responsive client applications.
• You have end to end architectural understanding of connected apps (like Teams) and supporting backend services.
• You have a good sense of craftsmanship in the solutions you create and an idea about how software should and should not be built.
• You seek out opportunities to learn new skills and technologies.
• You have a history of successful software delivery.
• You can drive successful cross-organizational initiatives.
• You think about how best to empower engineers with the tools they need to be successful.
• You build for the future.

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 technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.

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:
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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:

• Experience in developing AI system.
• Experience with Azure PaaS & Services.
• Excellent problem-solving & debugging skills.
• Good track record of working with partner teams and a mindset to get things done the right way.
• Self-motivated with a strong drive for reaching across teams and organizations to make progress collaborative.
  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

• Design, develop and maintain engineering infrastructure, tools and services that powers the CI/CD for Microsoft Teams across different clients/platforms.
• Champion best practices, tools and processes for a data-driven, quality-focused release of Microsoft Teams as frequently as possible to our customers.
• Build tools/bots to improve developer productivity, contribute ideas to continuously improve our systems and drive actionable feedback on code and product quality.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop overall product vision as well as strategies on how to realize the vision by identifying technical challenges & proposing solutions.