Microsoft Software Engineer II 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

715905878

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People use Word to share ideas, discuss them, and turn them into reality. Now more than ever,GenAI, we need to transform the wayin a word document. By incorporatingcutting edgetechnologies, we will shape the next generation ofdocument creation, authoringacross desktopmobile applications. This includes enriching the current feature set and creating new innovative ways of empowering users to achieve more.

redefining the future of documents across all platforms and devices.

As Software Engineer for Microsoft Word, you will require cross-function integration knowledge, strategic thinking, and superior inter-personal and communication skills. The role is responsible for the overall design and architecture of Word Mobile and around the existing landscape, as well as envisaging and enabling future state infrastructures that will support modern, intelligent services and user experiences, through technological innovation and building partnerships across the company. You will work with the organization Partner-level leader and their leadership team of engineering principals in addition to partnering with leaders across Word and other M365 ecosystems. This position will be directly responsible for driving critical fundamental changes in Word mobile to improve performance, reliability and modernizing the application to newer mobile technology.

Responsibilities:

Some of the core responsibilities include designing, owning and shipping software, writing secure, reliable, scalable and maintainable code. Syncing with other teams for product features that span across teams and geographies, figuring out dependencies and driving them to completion. You should have a solid understanding of the software development cycle.

Required Qualifications:

• We will be selecting candidates that have the best mix of the following qualifications:
• 3-8 years of professional experience designing, developing, testing, and shipping software.
• Proficiency in core programming languages (C#, C++, etc.) and windows/mac desktop app development,
• Demonstrated technical aptitude for architecture, design, development, debugging, testing, etc.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• BS in computer science, or equivalent in related technical experience.

Interpersonal skills

• Confident and articulate in expressing ideas to a mixed audience with varying views and challenges
• Cultural sensitivity and a proven ability to work with teams and partners across multiple geographies.
• A sense of personal ownership is required, together with the ability to deliver to tight deadlines while managing internal stakeholder expectations
• Self-motivated and organized to deliver results
• Experience with telemetry, data analytics, and service monitoring will be a plus (Kusto, Cosmos, Geneva Analytics, etc.).

• Designing, owning and shipping software, writing secure, reliable, scalable and maintainable code.
• Syncing with other teams for product features that span across teams and geographies, figuring out dependencies and driving them to completion.
• Having a solid understanding of the software development cycle.
• Having the ability to ramp up quickly on new technologies and adopt solution from within the company or from the Open-Source community.
• Having solid problem solving & debugging skills.
• Participating in on call and reviewing customer feedback.
• Making architectural changes in application to make it modernize, performant and reliable.
• Helping other team members by actively working with them and participating in design and code reviews.
• Growing team knowledge with regular knowledge sessions.