Software Engineer

Want to be part of something new and big?  We’re building the next generation of Microsoft Store Online.  Our exciting and talented team continuously works on delivering our users with world-class purchase experience for merchandise across multiple product categories and markets.  This is your chance to work on cutting edge technology and join our talented team to build a mission-critical site for Microsoft.  We are looking for a highly motivated Software Engineer who is passionate about bringing users the best possible experience.

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.

Required/Minimum 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.
• 3+ years of professional experience with C#, Java
• OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of professional experience with CSS and JavaScript, including experience developing responsive web UI. 
• OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience with React, Node.js, Action script.
• OR equivalent experience.

Additional or 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 with client-side frameworks like EmberJS, AngularJS or React.   
• Experience with Scrum, Test-Driven Development and Continuous Deployment. 
• Proficient communication and an ability to lead projects end to end. 
• Experience with Azure technologies. 

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $145,800 - $238,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 2nd, 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.  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.

• Understand User Requirements
  • Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements for a scenario. Leverages a variety of feedback channels to incorporate insights into future designs or solution fixes. Ensures appropriate continuous feedback loops measuring customer value, usage patterns, and other actionable metrics of value are incorporated.
  • Designing and developing highly usable and scalable new application capabilities and enhancing existing capabilities to meet the needs of our customers.
• Coding
  • Design, implementation, and testing of both client-side and server-side code. 
  • Leads by example within the team by producing extensible and maintainable code. Optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
  • Apply metrics to drive the quality and stability of code, as well as appropriate coding patterns and best practices.
• Implement
  • Investigating and prototyping new technologies and frameworks 
  • Accountability for the quality, usability, performance, and overall end to end implementation of features.
  • Deploy and support our services for partner teams and our customers.
• Reliability and Supportability
  • Writing and maintaining unit tests and automated integration tests.
  • Ensuring high reliability of applications and services through intelligent monitoring and alerting.
• Engineering Excellence
  • Contribute to team-wide infrastructure investments.
  • Collaborate across diverse engineering teams and disciplines to solve problems for large-scale business SaaS applications.
  • Constantly learn and grow as an engineer and as a member of a diverse and inclusive community.
• Other 
  • Embody our culture and values