Senior Software Engineer-Word
Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer-Word
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Overview
The Word team believes that beauty and simplicity don’t have to conflict with power. We’re looking for engineers who are passionate about blending all three to craft empowering experiences our customers will crave.
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to focus on direct user interaction and experience, for both content and chrome on Word Web. You’ll work with a strong, experienced team of engineers across a breadth of technical problems: complex document layout, tuning browser performance, and high-level modern asynchronous collaboration experiences. You’ll work in a customer-focused, hypothesis-driven fashion with multiple partner teams across Office, leveraging both quantitative and qualitative data to ensure we’re building experiences customers need and love.
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.
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 professional experience designing, developing, testing, and shipping software.
- Proficiency in web (HTML5 and JavaScript/TypeScript) technologies.
- Demonstrated technical experience with design, development, debugging and testing.
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.
Applied Sciences IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 27th, 2025.
Responsibilities
- Designing, owning, and shipping software, as well as excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Solid understanding of the software development cycle, from architecture to testing.
- Passion for quality and be a creative thinker.
- Use data and experiments to inform decisions and validate conclusions.
- Write secure, reliable, scalable, and maintainable code, and effectively debug it, test it, and support it.
- Constantly learn new things and share those learnings with others around you to grow the capacity of the entire team.