Software Engineer

A billion plus devices are running Windows. When a new version of Windows is released, it can reach 100's of millions of devices in a few days. Our product is at the heart of this process, connecting developers, ML models, and decision makers to the right data. Our state-of-the-art applications and services enable Microsoft to understand how Windows is being used and how it’s performing across a billion devices. The platform provides thousands of insights that power our worldclass data science practice, make our developers more productive, and make Windows more perceptive of our customers’ needs.

Do you love new technological challenges and excel at solving them? Do you get excited at the thought of crafting software that can positively impact billions of people? Are you passionate about distributed systems and building high-scale services? Do you enjoy working in an agile development team that iterates rapidly? If this sounds like you, Microsoft would like to invite you to come join us as you are, where you can find more than just a job. Read on to learn more about opportunities and apply online!

The Windows Data Team is responsible for building out infrastructure to support A/B testing at scale for both hypothesis driven product development and for regression detection within our software deployment system. We are looking for engineers to join us and extend the capabilities of this system. This will be a unique opportunity to work on a cross-discipline team with data science, engineering, and program management to build out internal decision support capabilities at the scale of Windows.

The role of a Software Engineer (SWE I) at Microsoft is to collaborate with a committed team to design, develop and test the next generation of solutions as well as continually improve existing solutions. Software engineers at Microsoft are passionate about their customers and building some of the world's most advanced solutions with the potential to positively impact millions of people.

 

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. 

Responsibilities

Software engineers work with teammates to solve problems and build innovative software solutions. You will be expected to demonstrate an ability to learn and adopt relevant new technologies, tools, methods and processes to leverage in your solutions.

• Contribute to a positive team culture.
• Own complex features end-to-end, through planning, design, development, release, and maintenance.
• Collaborate with program managers, and fellow engineers to define requirements.
• Design, build and run services at high scale and availabilit.
• Deliver high-quality code components that will power the experiences for our products.
• Maintain code standards regarding quality, privacy, accessibility, security, documentation, etc..
• Taking on support rotations for the service as a designated responsible engineer (DRI).

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering (with software focus) or Data Science (with software focus).
• Minimum 2 year of experience developing software-based solutions in languages such as C#, Java, TypeScript, Python or other high level programming language. Lower-level languages such as C/C++ are also perfectly acceptable.
  
• Must be able to demonstrate the use of AI to accomplish certain coding tasks.
  
• Good knowledge of cloud and distributed computing concepts.
  
• Good problem solving, debugging, collaboration and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications: These are qualifications that would be good to have, but they are optional. No candidate will have all of these. It is acceptable to have none.

• Data science and statistical knowledge, especially in the areas of A/B experimentation or experience building tools to support Data Science or experimentation.
• Knowledge and preferably academic or industry level experience developing web-based applications.
• Experience or familiarity with any web technology stacks is a plus, such as Angular or React.
• Understanding of what makes a great user interface and user experience.
• Familiarity with web-based API using REST and micro services.
• Relational and/or non-relational (NoSQL) databases.
• C/C++ knowledge or a solid understanding of lower-levels computer science concepts.
• General knowledge of analytics, statistics, and data visualization. 
• Data science knowledge, or experience with machine learning.
• Classroom-level understanding of operating systems.

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.

 

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