Senior Software Engineer - Word Team

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At Microsoft Word Web team in Microsoft Development Center Serbia (MDCS), our focus is driving the next phase of Word layout engine, a core aspect of how Word documents are visualized and interacted with across devices. We are looking for creative and driven software engineers with passion for web full stack development to achieve our vision of redefining the future of documents across all platforms and devices.

Senior Software Engineer position provides an opportunity to be at the forefront of technology, with a supportive environment for building skills for designing commercial grade software at scale. Additionally, it is an opportunity to work with some of the best experts in the field and will provide an opportunity for long-term technical and non-technical growth and career path.

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 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 software development experience in a product group.
  
• 2+ years guiding and mentoring a team of engineers.
  
• Solid software engineering fundamentals, including coding, software design, problem solving, and data analysis skills.
  
• Understanding of software engineering principles, with experience developing and driving features and experiences for large-scale services or customer-facing web applications.
  
• Proficiency with TypeScript or JavaScript.
  
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React or Vue.
  
• Solid understanding of DOM and browser rendering pipeline.
  
• Passion and motivation for technology, with solid problem-solving skills.
  
• Passion for growth, doing new things, and learning from others and own mistakes.
  
• Written and verbal English communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
  • OR related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.

• Design, produce and deliver software to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, security, efficiency, etc. of a service, having independence, sense of ownership and drive for areas of ownership.
• Participate actively in code reviews, bug/issue triage with the feature teams, and support well informed decisions towards business and engineering goals.
• Contribute to fixing, enhancing, and supporting our services in production, including periodic on-call duties where necessary.
• Ensuring that design empowers other developers to achieve more, while effectively leveraging components developed by other teams.
• Driving features, projects, and open-ended problems towards resolution.
• Take initiative to identify and fix bottlenecks, proactively come up with the proposals for further improvements of the system, process and owned product.
• Foster a healthy and inclusive team environment, provide technical guidance to other engineers and act as mentor.