Senior Software Engineer - Word Copilot

at  Microsoft

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland -

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Description:

Would you like to work with some very smart people on a collaborative and innovative team? Microsoft is seeking a Software Engineer to join our ranks, where you’ll play a pivotal role in developing our groundbreaking AI-based Copilot feature in Microsoft Word.
This is a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of technology, contributing to one of the world’s most beloved software products. If you’re passionate about pushing the boundaries of what’s possible and want to make a significant impact, we want to hear from you!
As a Software Engineer in the Word & Editor team, you will design, build, and support backend Typescript services. You will have the unique opportunity to collaborate with talented colleagues both in Ireland and across the globe, working together to deliver Generative AI services. Our goal is to ensure these services are safe, scalable, and truly delightful for our customers.
While this is a backend role, full-stack experience is welcome!
This role provides an excellent opportunity to accelerate your career growth, expand your expertise in backend development and AI, and cultivate your collaborative and problem-solving skills. We offer flexible work arrangements, including the option to work from home partially or fully.
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.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Typescript, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR equivalent experience.
Frontend/full-stack experience is not required but is a bonus!
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:

  • Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
  • Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
  • Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
  • Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup’s project plans, release plans, and work items.
  • Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.
  • Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.


REQUIREMENT SUMMARY

Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)

Information Technology/IT

IT Software - System Programming

Software Engineering

Graduate

Languages including but not limited to typescript c c c java javascript or python

Proficient

1

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland