Software Engineer II

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Date posted

Nov 19, 2024

Job number

1782698

Work site

Up to 50% work from home

Travel

0-25 %

Role type

Individual Contributor

Profession

Software Engineering

Discipline

Software Engineering

Employment type

Full-Time

Are you an experienced software engineer with a passion for solving highly complex and ambiguous engineering challenges? Do you excel in collaborating with architects and program management? Are you able to generate energy and bring clarity in your work? Do you have a proven track record of solving engineering problems partnering across multiple teams and organizations? If so, come join us!

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer II for our Outlook Extensibility team. This team is responsible for developing add-in APIs for both Desktop and Mobile platforms, enhancing the functionality and user experience of Outlook. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering, and a passion for driving innovation in the extensibility space.

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 discipline AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• Strong computer science fundamentals and proven algorithm design capability.
• Good technical, cross group collaboration and communication skills.

Other Requirements

Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements that 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

• Experience in distributed systems.
• Passion about high performant services, high availability, reliability and consistency.
• Inclusive, collaborative and with a growth-mindset approach.
• Solid technical problem-solving skills.

• Design, develop and deliver the requirements of add-in APIs for Outlook on Desktop and Mobile platforms.

• Be a team player and contributor of a high performing, talented group of engineers and foster a diverse, inclusive, and result driven team culture.

• Seeks new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers.