Software Engineer II-Outlook-Android

Outlook Mobile is changing how the world works through mobile email. As millions of users continue making the leap to mobile, we empower them to be more responsive, get more done, and stay connected from anywhere. In a world where more than half of email messages are first read on a mobile device, it's essential to give people the power to manage their time and communication to achieve more wherever they go. Our goal is to provide innovative ways to focus on what's important in your inbox, schedule meetings, and work with attachments and files. 

The Outlook Mobile for Android team is highly passionate about application quality, happy users, and certainly about Android as a platform. We are a small, focused team working on a big product for a rapidly growing number of users. 

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 field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Java or Kotlin
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years(s) of experience with Android or equivalent UI development. 

Additional or Preferred Qualifications 

• 2+ year(s) object-oriented programming experience in languages including, but not limited to, Kotlin or Java. 
• 1+ year(s) building and supporting user-facing products. 
• Experience of working on-call. 
• Demonstrated technical competencies with large-scale codebases. 

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.

Your role as a Software Engineer II  will be to help define, architect, build, and support Android for Outlook Mobile – the mobile face of our company. Make technology and design decisions to deliver a fast, secure, and usable application. Work with other Outlook teams to define needs and APIs that will provide the best user experience. Create beautiful UI and intuitive UX that will delight our users. 

• Contribute in partnership with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements for a feature.  
• Consider a variety of feedback channels to incorporate insights into future designs or solution fixes. Incorporate appropriate continuous feedback loops measuring customer value, usage patterns, and other actionable metrics of value. 
• Learn and contribute to processes for the architecture of a product/solution feature and learn to create proposals by testing design hypotheses and helping to refine code plans under the technical leadership of others. 
• Learn about, share new ideas, and leverage software developer tools to create, debug, and maintain code for features.