Software Engineer II

Job description

Design and build “Mega Scale” internet services in Office 365 group for consumers and businesses across the globe. Do these responsibilities excite you?   Working in the Microsoft productivity suite where you enable millions of users to have instant access to their mail, calendar, contacts, tasks, notes on their smart phones   Driving innovation in the mobile space by providing framework, APIs and access points for targeted, light weight point apps that facilitate the users to do specific tasks easily and conveniently.   Partnering within Microsoft teams as well as outside partners like Apple, Samsung, HTC and other major smart phone manufactures to get the best user experience for accessing their PIM data from the cloud.   Staying at the cutting edge of the performance and reliability while working with the largest organizations in the world to make sure their workforce has the uninterrupted and instant access to the most critical productivity item - emails on their phones. Working on the most popular protocols and APIs in the world, used for work and life scenarios, and in business and consumer worlds   Working with services spanning thousands of servers, doing tens of billions of transactions and serving hundreds of millions of users If yes, continue reading!

Who we are looking for a strong Software Engineer with extensive experience in software engineering, passion for quality and proven record of delivering excellent results under challenging schedule to work on one of the largest distributed systems in the world. This position requires a deep interest in software development and strong knowledge of computing concepts such as fault tolerance, self-healing, network protocols, network programming, multi-threaded programming, performance, reliability, scalability, and security.

Candidates must have

•      3+ years using of a modern garbage collected language such as C# or Java, strong debugging skills, in addition to strong writing and communication skills.

•      Knowledge and experience of REST/SOAP or other mobile API fundamentals is a plus.

You will closely collaborate with partner teams to ensure coverage of key scenarios and make certain that common methodologies and metrics are used across the board. Your ability to effectively collaborate and develop strong relationships will be a critical part of the team’s success.

Do you want to change the way people use the Internet to communicate? Do you want to impact a billion people overnight and multiple times per year? Do you want an unrivalled experience working with one of the largest and most popular distributed systems in the world? Come join us!

*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.