Senior Software Engineer - Word team

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

At Microsoft Word team in Microsoft Development Center Serbia (MDCS), our focus is driving the next phase of Word layout engine, a core aspect of how Word documents are visualized and interacted with across devices. We are looking for creative and driven software engineers with passion for web full stack development to achieve our vision of redefining the future of documents across all platforms and devices.  

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. Additionally, 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.  

• BSc in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or related disciplines or equivalent practical experience in software engineering industry 
• 4+ years of software development experience in a product group 
• 2+ years 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 
• Solid understanding of DOM and browser rendering pipeline 
• 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.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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