Software Engineer II

We are hiring for newly launched M365 Designer product for modern digital content creators. Modern-day content creators are everywhere at work, school and life creating content for school projects, event announcements, work updates for sharing on email, web pages, social media, blogs etc. This new experience focuses on multi modal(image/video/audio)-based content creation providing great tools leveraging both the creativity & imagination of the creator along with state-of-the-art AI technology to simplify the creation of beautiful, inspiring and compelling communication and storytelling artifacts across all your devices. We can be found at https://designer.microsoft.com/ and coming soon on Android and iOS.  
 

If you’re excited about the v1 journey, creating something new, working on cutting-edge technology, working closely with AI scientists on the frontier of deep learning, on planet-scale services to bring this functionality to the hundreds of millions of M365 users across the globe, we are looking for Software Development Engineer II- Mobile/Android  !  

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

• Qualified candidates are engineers with a passion for designing, owning, and shipping software, as well as excellent communication and collaboration skills.   
• You should have a solid understanding of the software development cycle, from architecture to testing. You’ll use data and experiments to inform decisions and validate conclusions. You’ll have a passion for quality and be a creative thinker.   
• You’ll write secure, reliable, scalable, and maintainable code, and then effectively debug it, test it, and support it.   
• Creating and sustaining an effective team culture is extremely important to us. We value and promote a high trust environment where we work closely and effectively with others.   
• We emphasize a culture of continuous learning and so having a growth mindset and passion for learning is important. You should expect that your teammates will be invested in helping make you successful and expect the same in return from you. We recognize and celebrate the uniqueness of each person on the team and leverage our diversity to create more inclusive products for our customers.  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Good exposure to Kotlin, Android architecture and frameworks.   
• Previous experience with large scale mobile applications  
• Passion for performance optimization and troubleshooting customer facing issues.  
• Demonstrated technical aptitude with design, development, debugging, testing, etc.  
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.  

Preferred 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 Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in Web development is a good addition.
• 4+ years of professional experience designing, developing, testing, and shipping software. 

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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