Software Engineer II – Web

Join a team early in its journey towards massive growth. We’re the team driving consumer video at Microsoft – born from the Flipgrid camera and now proliferating throughout the company. Now we’re focused on growing Bing into the hub for consumer video and enabling video creation journeys across Microsoft. We’re looking for highly motivated engineers, with an interest and/or background in video to help us light up new video scenarios across the company. This role provides a unique opportunity to build for and directly impact multiple products simultaneously.  

The WebXT organization in Microsoft has the mission of “Make the web work for you”. This team is comprised of several thousand software engineers working on Bing search, Edge browser, Maps, Ads, News, and other projects. Over the years we have developed deep technical expertise in various areas – Machine learning, NLP, speech, computer vision, large scale deployments and continue to innovate and delight customers across 236 regions, 106 languages and with half a billion users.  Please watch this  short video on our team which will give you an insight on why you should join us. 

The STCI Team is part of Microsoft’s India Development Centre(IDC) in Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Noida (and home offices at cities across the country for the time being). The team is responsible for driving the overall strategy in search and AI Platforms – spanning consumer and enterprise customers. The team’s constant endeavor is to nurture an innovative, inclusive culture to enable one to build finely crafted Search & AI products and grow to be a leader. It is home to one of the largest groups of machine learning and AI talent, not just in IDC, but all of India. ​​​​​​​ Please visit our Instagram page   (@lifeatstci)  to get a peek into our culture. 

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3+ years of front-end web development experience (HTML, Javascript, CSS, Usability Testing).
• Experience using a modern Javascript Framework (React, Vue, Angular).
• 2+ years developing features and experiences for
• A strong working knowledge interfacing with REST APIs.
• Demonstrated ability to debug and troubleshoot Javascript and UI/CSS issues and knowledge of optimizations for high performance user experiences.

Bonus Credit for: 

• Working knowledge of building rich multimedia experiences on web.
• Experience with TypeScript
• A working knowledge of CI and CD pipelines in a development cycle.
• Experience building accessible applications that follow WCAG and ADA specifications.
• Working knowledge of WebGL
• Excellent technical 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.

As a frontend engineer, you will be an integral part of our tight-knit group of dedicated problem solvers. The ideal candidate should be able to quickly make an impact on the web team and work with the larger WebXT team to help us achieve our objectives. 

• Deliver video experiences that are highly crafted and rewarding for users.
• Collaborate with web, design, and product teams to ensure the goals of the product are aligned with the delivered feature or service.
• Deliver experiences that are user-focused and adhere to accessibility standards.
• Work with the product development team in driving innovative approaches to solving complex problems.
• Maintain code standards regarding quality, privacy, accessibility, security, documentation, etc.