Software Engineer

Are you Software Engineer with a passion for building high scale microservices? Do you excel in collaborating with architects, program management, and data disciplines? Do you thrive on solving complex and ambiguous challenges? If so, come join us!  

We are Windows Notification Services team, a part of the Windows India engineering organization. You will be a cloud services engineer who builds services to support Windows Notification client experiences. As a Software Engineer you will work with other software engineers, designers, and product owners to launch new experiences that integrate with existing systems. We welcome your innovative ideas and fresh perspectives to strengthen our growth mindset culture that is grounded in customer obsession, and diversity and inclusion. 

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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Strong and applied knowledge of object-oriented programming languages such as C#. 
• Strong and applied knowledge of service infrastructure, frameworks, and technologies such as Azure Cloud Services, Azure Service Fabric, ASP.NET Core 2, .Net Framework, NuGet packages, and Git. 
• Knowledge of common services design patterns and application development best practices. 
• Demonstrated ability to ramp up on both new and legacy technologies. 
• Experience in working within an agile software development team, leveraging experimentation and prototyping, while continuing to measure and iterate. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
  • OR related technical field AND 2+ year(s) technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript,
  • OR Python
• 1+ years of experience working on large scale services
• Knowledge of RESTful web services technologies. 
• Knowledge of NoSQL data storage systems and patterns. 
• Knowledge of the latest data storage, analysis, and visualization systems (CosmosDB, PowerBI). 
• Knowledge of specific technologies such as Azure Cloud Services, Azure Service Fabric, ASP.NET Core 2, .Net Framework, NuGet packages, Git, Service Bus, Event Hub, Data Factory, Tables/Queues/Blobs, SQL, Key Vault, Application Insights nice to have.  

Other Requirements

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:  

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

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, develop, and maintain software components and libraries for the Windows Developer Platforms. 
• Optimize existing codebase for performance, scalability, and reliability. 
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code. 
• Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and other quality assurance activities.