Overview
Office 365 is at the center of Microsoft’s cloud first, devices first strategy as it brings together cloud versions of our most trusted communications and collaboration products such as Exchange, SharePoint, Yammer, and Skype with the latest version of our desktop suite and mobile apps. Our customers depend on our services to run their organizations, whether that is a Fortune 500 company, a small business, a non-profit, or an educational institution.We are the Office extensibility team in Office Ecosystem to provide developers with the platform and APIs to further customize and enrich Office capabilities to meet customer emerging needs in today’s mobile-first and cloud-first world, as well as integrate Office capabilities into your own desktop or mobile applications with our Graph APIs.We are seeking solid
Software Engineer II,
to join us and build the next generation of Office extensibility platform and framework to offer seamless service delivered experience.As a team we believe in doing all of this while having fun! A core part of our team culture involves supporting an environment where everyone can do their best work. We expect all our team members to support this culture.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
- Contribute to the Office code base, a product with more than a billion users.
- Design and develop cross platform office APIs as building blocks for developers inside and outside Microsoft to deliver world class user experience with Office. Y
- Work closely with partner teams to make bigger impact by leveraging each other’s work. Engineers are also expected to work from design, development, validation to release, having the ability to deliver high-quality work in functionality, security, performance, stability and scalability aspects.
- Running the “live site” and ensuring the service quality is also very important part of this job.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of experience building, deploying, and supporting large scale applications and services.
- Excellent problem solving, design, coding, and debugging skills
- Solid C/C++ and C# coding skills.
- Development experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, etc.
- Experience with system level programming and native/managed code interoperation.
- Solid cross-group collaboration skills.
- Experience with VBA or Office add-in development is a big plus.
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.
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience working on distributed systems and/or high-performance systems.
- Solid cross-discipline and cross group collaboration skills.
- Solid problem solving, debugging, and troubleshooting 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. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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.This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about
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