Embrace the opportunity to lead the evolution of Microsoft Teams Presence as part of our innovative team. Microsoft Teams, the award-winning hub for teamwork, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance presence all across the app for our vast user base. Your role will involve architecting, designing, developing, and testing solutions that elevate the real-time collaboration within Microsoft Teams, focusing on presence experiences including location across desktop and web clients.

As a senior software engineer, you will provide technical leadership, mentor junior team members, and drive best practices in creating customer-centric solutions. If you are passionate about crafting next-generation products, possess effective development skills, and are committed to quality and performance, join us in shaping a more connected and collaborative future within Microsoft Teams Presence. Your expertise will help us empower millions to communicate more effectively, making a tangible impact on our global user community.

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

• Define well thought out design patterns and code with an emphasis on quality, simplicity, maintainability, and performance

• Consider and advocate for customer’s perspective and experiences and help define innovative solutions to their concerns

• Communicate effectively and partner well with other disciplines of the project team to deliver high quality solutions from envisioning to deployment to live site availability

• Coordinate and drive your own dependencies, design reviews, code reviews, and test case reviews

• Evaluate, adapt, and drive adoption for new technologies, tools, methods, and processes for customer problems as well as cross-cutting engineering concerns

• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.

• 1+ year of proven record of accomplishment in shipping scaled solutions at speed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years 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 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

• OR equivalent experience.

• Knowledge on Microsoft Azure technology

• Competence with React, Apollo, GraphQL, Webpack, Grunt, Gulp, and Node

• Interest in the latest and greatest in Open Source Software

• Experience with React, AngularJS or another modern web framework

• Experience with large scale data analytics and failure analysis

• Experience improving performance of JavaScript-based applications Engineering Practices:

• Experience with any of the following testing: performance testing, security testing, privacy testing, accessibility testing, and localization/globalization testing.

• Experience using structured design and modeling techniques Other Skills:

• Ability to work in cross functional teams and effective interpersonal skills

• Ability to collaborate with and influence various stakeholders without authority

• Ability to handle ambiguity and collaborate across multiple groups and disciplines

• Experience with problem resolution, judgment, negotiating and decision-making skills

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $104,000 - CAD $193,200 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 May 21, 2024

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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .