JOBS: Software Engineer: Engineering Fundamentals at Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation (commonly referred to as Microsoft or MS) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, and personal computers and services. Its best-known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.
Leah Mukangai 
We are looking for a software engineering individual contributor who is passionate about building modern engineering systems and processes that drive engineering productivity and velocity in the digital enterprise. As a Software Engineer in the Engineering Fundamentals team, you will have the opportunity to be at the center of key disruptive transformations and influence our industry’s Digital Transformation.
We are focused on solving the industry’s most interesting challenges in developing software at scale without sacrificing stability, quality, velocity, or code health.
Responsibilities
Work in a team of software engineers responsible for all stages of the development cycle including early ideation, design, implementation, scaling solutions that are stable and healthy in our production environment
Instill best practices for software development and documentation ensuring designs meet requirements as well as adhering to all the privacy and compliance guidelines in handling critical user data
Collaborate with other engineers to build demos and apps to promote the contribution of new ideas
Qualifications
Required qualifications
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science (or related fields like Electronic Engineering, Physics or Mathematics)
- Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and optimization of the same
- 2+ years of software development experience with backend services
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in object-oriented programming languages such as C/C++. C#, Java or Python
Preferred qualifications
- Strong communication and interpersonal communication/collaboration skills
- Passion for learning and ramping up of new technologies and codebases
- Data-driven decision making
