Senior Software Engineer

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At Microsoft our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, you will be encouraged to come forward with ideas and continue to foster collaborative environments that empower our colleagues to showcase their brilliance.

The Microsoft Teams Messaging team covers the core communications of the product. This impactful team has a tight culture, large areas of impact and growth, and covers everything from user facing features to fundamentals/perf/memory. We aspire to continue building first-in-class communication and collaboration platforms. You can be part of the team innovating in this space that creates new opportunities for collaboration and supports our hybrid work model for customers.

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 solid technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• You have designed and delivered applications that are performant, reliable, accessible, and secure, with a strong focus on quality and user experience.
• You are collaborative and agile-minded, actively engaging with local/global teams and the Open-Source community, while mentoring peers and embracing continuous learning.

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 field AND noteworthy technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND solid technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Proficient in HTML/CSS, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, and GraphQL or similar technologies, with hands-on development experience.
• Skilled in using analytics, instrumentation, and A/B testing to inform feature development and improve application performance.

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• You are proficient in object-oriented languages, and you have a solid grasp of algorithms, data structures, and design patterns. You have working experience with React and Typescript, or with JavaScript and are willing to learn TypeScript.
• You collaborate well - you can explain your work, you can ask good questions, you can listen to your peers, and your customers, and you like to give and receive feedback. You like to collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Engineering international teams across multiple geographies to build new features.
• You’re a professional engineer - you understand that it’s not enough to write code that works; it also must be well-designed, easy to test, accessible, and easy to add to over time. You are looking forward to leveraging the existing knowledge, best practices and documentation to build your solutions.
• You love building beautiful apps and crafting the best user experience. For you, an app isn't working correctly until it feels great to use.
• You want to learn to get things done - you do anything it takes to implement your feature end to end, may it require you to dive into native code, learn a new language or implement a slight change on a backend service.
• You are passionate about analyzing how your features are performing in production to learn and make the product better. You invest in monitoring.
• You support the growth of your teammates through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing - while continuing to grow yourself.