Principal Software Engineer

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Are you a great Software Engineer? Are you interested in working on a product that ships new features every week? Do you like working on frontend technology problems which impact people on a global scale?

We are building Microsoft Teams, the new, truly modern collaboration and productivity hub for the workspace. Microsoft Teams is a v1 product and will provide you with an opportunity to work with teams and technologies across the company and beyond. If you want to work in a startup-like environment with the desire to move fast, this may be the team for you.

The Microsoft Teams product group is expanding in India and if the above excites you, then Microsoft Teams would like to hear from you!

Our team is looking for a passionate and motivated engineer with a passion to enable the best possible experiences to our customers. You are obsessed about users’ experience across a range of form factor surfaces. Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and a shifting landscape. Have experience with Azure or other cloud services, passionate about iterating fast, and getting the right design for our customers. With entrepreneurial spirit and a can-do attitude. Curious about machine learning, understand efficient data structures, familiar with algorithms and have a track record of shipping software-based services.

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:

• Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field
  • Exemplary design and problem-solving skills, with a proven track record of engineering excellence at scale
  • 12+ years of experience in writing bug free code, covering all corner cases.
  • Experience in web-based application development technologies and frameworks (with HTML5, JavaScript/TypeScript/ReactJS/AngularJS/Electron)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, curiosity and willingness to learn, share and improve.
  • Curiosity and willingness to learn, share and improve
  • Proven track record as a strong performer with significant direct technical contribution.
  • Will apply modern UI design principles and ensure the best experience across all applications in the suite.

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:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, and ability to be adaptable and agile in development.
• Experience with software development lifecycle and agile methodologies.
• Experience on web rtc media stack.
• Demonstrated problem solving and debugging skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to building great end-user experiences.

• Develops software features for Microsoft Teams Rooms devices.
• Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
• Product/Feature quality and reliability monitor and live site support.
• Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
• Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.