Software Engineer

Microsoft Whiteboard is a new intelligent canvas for creative teamwork. Whiteboard provides a highly collaborative experience that enables teams to work together on a digital canvas. Whiteboard is a part of Visual Collab org. This Org is building the services and experiences for the era of AI. This visual collaboration canvas in Microsoft 365 is designed for flexible work and learning. Whiteboard engineers design and build the technology to power new, large-scale, highly collaborative experiences for Surface Hub, Teams, desktop, mobile, and web. We work in close partnership with the Teams and Surface teams to jointly deliver delightful, end-to-end collaborative inking experiences and accessible meetings to our customers. We also work closely with the OneDrive / SharePoint and Fluid Framework teams to provide compliant storage for our customers. Whiteboard runs on the web and on any mobile and large screen devices.

Whiteboard is a modern codebase built on React, Fluid Framework, Azure and OneDrive services. Native mobile experiences will be built using Kotlin and Swift. Microsoft Teams is currently serving 4B+ meeting minutes per day and a lot of those meetings are using Whiteboard. If you're passionate about building high-scale, high-perf, very low latency, highly collaborative apps, this is the place for you! You will get to work on a scalable product that supports real-time updates to all Users. You will get to work on the latest Modern UI Tech and be involved in the next generation of collaboration products. You will be involved in designing, developing and managing the entire product life cycle.

We are looking for engineers with experienced web and mobile development to help accelerate the depth of features of our offering as it becomes the primary experience for the digital Whiteboard.

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.

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.

• Create a welcoming and inclusive space where our team can thrive.
• Optimize for agility, iteration, and learning, and use data to make good decisions.
• Be customer obsessed and excited about empowering customers with new tools to modernize the way they work.
• Collaborate with partner teams to create strong partnerships that help both teams accomplish business goals.
• Design, build, test, ship, and maintain Microsoft Whiteboard features using a modern web & mobile stack, including React, Fluid Framework, microservices.
• Full engagement in agile-based software development.
• Work in a culture of continuous improvement, adaptation, reflection and growth.