Microsoft WWE is looking for an experienced Software Engineer to build and deliver the next big consumer business for Microsoft by leading a team of highly passionate and talented individual contributors (IC).
The TechHelp segment team within Microsoft WWE, works on the latest state-of-art ML tech to understand user query and data, builds both backend and frontend services to satisfy users, monitors product quality and react to issues in a timely manner. Everything is at web scale – billions of queries at milliseconds of latency. You’ll be flexible to work on any one or multiple areas.
About WWE:
WWE organization in Microsoft has the mission of “Make the web work for you”. This team is comprised of several thousand software engineers working on Bing search, Edge browser, Maps, Ads, News, and other projects. Over the years we have developed deep technical expertise in various areas – Machine learning, NLP, speech, computer vision, large scale deployments and continue to innovate and delight customers across 236 regions, 106 languages and with half a billion users. Please watch this short video on our team which will give you an insight on why you should join us.
The WWE Team, is part of Microsoft’s India Development Centre(IDC) in Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Noida ( and home offices at cities across the country for the time being ). The team is responsible for driving the overall strategy in search and AI Platforms – spanning consumer and enterprise customers. The team’s constant endeavor is to nurture an innovative, inclusive culture to enable one to build finely crafted Search & AI products and grow to be a leader. It is home to one of the largest groups of machine learning and AI talent, not just in IDC, but all of India. Please visit our Instagram page ( @lifeatstci ) to get a peek into our culture.
Responsibilities
Own and deliver complete features, including design, architecture, implementation, testability, debugging, and shipping.
Stay on top of industry trends, standards from security and scalability perspective to Lead design decisions to build services right ground up.
Collaborate with Program Managers, Designers, Architects and stakeholders for workforce planning, demand planning and end-to-end service design.
Leading Design, Code reviews to ensure consistently high level of design and implementation.
Strong Live Site focus and operational excellence
Ensure teams engineering strategy is aligned with organization goals and best practices are followed.
Deliver high-quality cloud-based solutions in an agile methodology.
Ensuring that all programs are delivered with agreed upon business value, on time and highest quality.
Ensuring that all features embody engineering best practices, efficient, scalable architecture, elegant design and high-quality implementation.
Ensuring compliance with Security, Accessibility, GDPR etc. and performance criteria
Use data and insights from customer and production to contribute to some technical design and implementation decisions.
Qualifications
4+ years of overall industry experience
3+ years of software development experience with proficiency in C/C++, C# or Java
Great problem solving and analytical skills.
Well versed with DevOps practices
Excellent communicator, capable of building and maintaining relationships with various Microsoft teams.
BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering and/or equivalent industry experience is preferred.
Bonus Credit for:
Related experiences in search/recommendation algorithms, Big data analytics are big pluses.
Knowledge on cloud development and micro-services serverless functions is a plus.
experience with web technologies: JavaScript (incl. React, Angular, or Vue), XHTML/HTML5, CSS, jQuery.
A working knowledge of CI and CD pipelines in a development cycle.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .