Senior Software Engineer - Fullstack

Viva Glint is a premier employee engagement platform, working with over 1,000 leading companies in more than 150 countries to improve the health of organizations through real-time employee feedback. Glint blends AI technology and people science to power predictive insights that help human resources, leaders, and managers quickly make sense of engagement data, connect insight with outcomes, and take meaningful action. Companies that excel at understanding the needs of their people, and enable their managers to respond in meaningful ways, see 2.5 times higher profit, 3 times lower attrition, and 3 times lower burnout. 

The Glint product joined Microsoft as part of the Employee Experience (EXP) organization which includes Viva Engage, Viva Learning, Viva Insights and more. Team members engage directly with customers, iterate rapidly, and focus on solving the needs of employees around the world. Our culture is inclusive, casual, and high energy. Our team celebrates diverse backgrounds, and values passion for serving our customers. Our team has an efficient sense of accountability and provides its members with opportunities for learning and career growth. 

As a Senior Software Engineer - Fullstack for Viva Glint, you will leverage your full range of skills and passion for engineering excellence to deliver solutions grounded in our customers’ needs. Our teams work at the intersection of big data, analytics and reporting, and AI to build scalable and performant solutions using engineering best practices. You will work to evolve the product with a customer-first approach and drive innovation, empathizing with our end-users’ needs and engaging to help define their key experiences. 

In this opportunity, you will partner closely with fellow engineers and leaders across product, design, and operations to create solutions that meet business goals while also driving a culture of engineering and operational excellence. We are a full-stack team where engineers work in all layers and corners of the application. 

This role is based at our Vancouver Dev center, but we're open to candidates from anywhere in Canada.

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#, Java, or JavaScript
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years' experience writing queries using a mainstream dbms  like MySQL, MariaDB, or Cassandra, etc.
• 3+ years experience in full stack engineering environment using a mix of any of the following NodeJS, UI frameworks – Angular, ReactJS. 

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 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.
• Experience working through the full product cycle from initial design to rapid production deployment and shipping software products across multiple platforms/devices. 
• Experience with systems architecture and designing fault-tolerant zero-downtime services that support security and compliance across multiple economic regions. 
• Familiarity will AI concepts, including LLMs and prompt engineering. 
• Expertise in design, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with an emphasis on quality and engineering excellence. 
• Proficiency in major cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud).  

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $108,100 - CAD $199,700 per year.

https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 27, 2024.

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.

• Collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario. 
• Drive identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform. 
• Create, implement, optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI). 
• Leverage 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. 
• Proactively seek 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. 
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement. 
• Design and implement scalable, reliable, and secure software solutions using modern development techniques.

Other:

• Embody our Culture and Values