Software Engineer II - Microsoft Office AI team

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At Microsoft Office AI team in Microsoft Development Center Serbia (MDCS), we have been focusing on reimagining and empowering Microsoft Office productivity through AI-powered user experiences and services built across core Microsoft Office applications. We are building the core platforms and experiences for bringing large language models (LLMs) and real-time intelligence into Office applications. Those represent some of the key components of Microsoft Copilot, which combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your organizational data, having native integration with Office apps to streamline your productivity: content generation, app navigation, comprehension and more.

We are looking for creative and driven software engineers with a passion for full stack development to help us deliver exciting new capabilities to the Microsoft Copilot platform and experiences.

Software Engineer II 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. 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 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of software development experience in a product group
  
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including coding, software design, problem solving, and data analysis skills
  
• Proficiency with TypeScript or JavaScript
  
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React or Vue
  
• Experience in driving features or components in full life cycle: plan, design, execution, continuous release, and service operation
  
• Passion and motivation for technology, with solid problem-solving skills
  
• Passion for growth, doing new things, and learning from others and own mistakes
  
• Ability to communicate in English

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.

• Design, produce, and deliver software components to improve the quality of Office products and services.
• Participate actively in code reviews, bug/issue triage with the feature teams, and support well informed decisions towards business and engineering goals.
• Having sense of ownership and drive on well-defined but ambiguous problems.
• 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.
• Work with international teams within Microsoft.