Senior Software Engineer - Word Copilot and Word Intelligence team (Maternity Cover)

Come join Microsoft Word Copilot to work on state-of-the-art services, AI solutions, platforms, distributed systems, user experiences, and modern technology to deliver the next generation of intelligent productivity experiences used by hundreds of millions of users daily! We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (maternity cover) who can help us further grow our products, business, and culture! 

At Microsoft Word Copilot team in Microsoft Development Center Serbia (MDCS) we have been focusing on reimagining and empowering Microsoft Word productivity through AI-powered user experiences and services. Microsoft Copilot combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your organizational data, having native integration with Office apps to streamline your productivity: content generation, app navigation, comprehension and more. The team is relentlessly focused on making AI and tech work for people!    

Software Engineer position provides an opportunity to be at the forefront of technology, with a supportive environment for building skills for designing commercial grade software at scale. It is an opportunity to work with some of the best experts in the field and will provide an opportunity for long-term technical and non-technical growth and career path. Additionally, you will gain experience in the productization of state-of-the-art LLMs, covering the full life cycle including user experience, infrastructure, and modeling. 

• BSc in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or related disciplines or equivalent practical experience in software engineering industry 

• Software development experience in a product group 
• Experience guiding and mentoring a team of engineers 

• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including coding, software design, problem solving, and data analysis skills 

• Understanding of software engineering principles, with experience developing and driving features and experiences for large-scale services or customer-facing web applications 

• Proficiency with TypeScript or JavaScript 

• Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React or Vue 

• Passion and motivation for technology, with solid problem-solving skills  

• Passion for growth, doing new things, and learning from others and own mistakes 

• Written and verbal English communication skills 

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.

• Design, produce and deliver software to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, security, efficiency, etc. of a service, having independence, sense of ownership and drive for areas of ownership 

• Participate actively in code reviews, bug/issue triage with the feature teams, and support well informed decisions towards business and engineering goals 

• Contribute to fixing, enhancing, and supporting our services in production, including periodic on-call duties where necessary 

• Ensuring that design empowers other developers to achieve more, while effectively leveraging components developed by other teams   

• Driving features, projects, and open-ended problems towards resolution 

• Take initiative to identify and fix bottlenecks, proactively come up with the proposals for further improvements of the system, process and owned product 

• Foster a healthy and inclusive team environment, provide technical guidance to other engineers and act as mentor 

• Work with international teams within Microsoft