SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER (Fullstack)

Are you a full stack engineer passionate about tackling complex business challenges and striving to make a difference for customers? If so, come and join the Microsoft Teams here at Bengaluru.  

As a team, we are interested in smart, self-driven individuals, with a positive can-do attitude, who come to work with a smile and enjoy writing clean and elegant code. We value passion, creativity, teamwork, agility, accountability, inclusivity, and desire to learn new complex technical areas. An unquenchable drive to write code, own quality, and a passion for helping ship high quality software is a must.   

Microsoft Teams is a new application in the Office365family. We believe the modern workspace is underserved by the existing software solutions and we are building Microsoft Teams, the new, truly modern collaboration and productivity hub for the workspace. Microsoft Teams is also a platform for ISVs to build on and extend their applications into the 100M+ Office 365 user base. This is a v1 product and will provide you with an opportunity to work with teams and technologies across the company and beyond. If you want to work in a startup-like environment with the desire to move fast, this may be the team for you. The Microsoft Teams product group is expanding to India and will soon start a group at India Development Centre in Bangalore. We are looking for exceptional technical leaders to build the foundation of this new team. If the above excites you, then Microsoft Teams would like to hear from you!  

The Microsoft Teams product group is expanding the world-class engineering team at India Development Center in Bangalore. We are looking for a seasoned Engineering Leader to build the product for the next 100M users. This is an opportunity to lead a fast-paced, high-impact foundational project with cutting edge technology. We are looking for a top performing principal engineering manager, who would like to work in a start-up-like environment, building technology fast and with high quality. The ideal candidate has strong product design and development skills. You will be a key member of the leadership team: driving critical design initiatives, taking part in strategic and tactical decisions, being accountable for shipping a complete product that succeeds with our 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 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with web fundamentals, application performance analysis and improvement. 
• Experience in designing a scalable solutions.

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:

• Decent knowledge of front-end technologies like React, JavaScript, TypeScript, Webpack etc. 
• Solid problem-solving skills and comfortable in dealing with ambiguity  
• Ability to handle competing priorities and perform at an elevated level in a fast paced, dynamic environment.  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Curiosity and willingness to learn, share and improve. 
• Proven track record as a strong performer with significant direct technical contribution. 
• Will Work with PM and UX to prototype and ship features on Microsoft Teams. 
• Are a thought leader and a change agent. 
• Are obsessed about great customer experiences and outcomes. 
• Are looking to be part of a diverse and inclusive team culture. 
• Hands on experience in cloud solutions like Azure or AWS.  
• Good experience in building creative solutions for live site monitoring. 
• DevOps Experience supporting production systems.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

• Engineering – Responsible for architecture, design, implementation and operations of the platform, applications, and solutions. Investigate and prototype modern technologies and frameworks.  
• Delivery – Agile delivery of solutions aligned to business needs, maintaining high bar on quality, schedule and ensuring engineering excellence.   
• Drive – Passion to turn vision into detailed plans and execute against complex plans. Proven record of accomplishment in shipping successful products.  
• Planning and communication – Participate in sprint and semester planning, provide scope estimates. Communicate individual and team status on deliverables, risks in stand-ups and sprint reviews.   
• Collaborate – Partner with product teams and product managers to manage dependencies, jointly deliver updates, and continuously improve engineering capabilities.  
• Culture – Contribute to team culture that embraces diversity and inclusion and makes the team an awesome place to work.  
• Engineering Excellence - Use engineering best practices throughout the software development lifecycle to establish sustainable, secure systems that grow and support our business.  
• Reliability - Support and maintain existing experiences across the ecosystem.