Microsoft Member Technical Staff - Backend Growth Engineer 

United States, California, Mountain View 

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Backend engineer to help build the next wave of capabilities of our personalized AI assistant, Copilot.is responsible for

is responsible forCopilot, Bing, Edge, and generative AI research.Come be

By applying to this U.S. Mountain View, CA position, youare required tobe local to the San Francisco area and in office 3 days a week.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or related technical discipline AND6+ years technical engineering experience building mobile app backend applications with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Python, C++, Rust, Java, Golang, Ruby
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years' experience building backend API for mobile apps such asGraphQL/Rest APIs/Protobuf/Thrift, and streaming protocols such aswebsocket/SSE/WebRTC with familiarity in backend and mobile data schema code generation or consistency, version control for mobile releases, analytics, feature flags, a/b testing framework.
• 5+ years' experience building scalable services on top of public cloud infrastructure like Azure, AWS, or GCP. Extensive use datastores like RDBMS, key-value stores, etc.
• 5+ years' experience building distributed systems at scale and extensive systems knowledge that spans bare-metal hosts to containers to networking.

Preferred Qualifications:

• experience in growth engineering or a growth-oriented role is strongly preferred. Demonstrated success in driving key growth metrics, including acquisition, engagement, and retention. A data-driven engineer who canprovideconcrete examples of initiativesyou’vebuilt and shipped. Past growth achievements will be considered during the application process.
• Experience working with AI platforms, frameworks, and APIs.
• Ability toidentify, analyze, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuringoptimalperformance, scalability, and user experience.
• Dedication to writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code with a focus on application quality, performance, and security.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Build secure and performant APIs that power Copilot iOS and Android apps.
• Work collaboratively with our iOS, Android engineers, Product Managers, platform engineers, data scientists and marketingto take ambiguous projectsthat drive user growth, engagement, and retention. This includesoptimizingonboarding flows, improving product features, and delivering scalable infrastructure.
• Ship high-quality, well-tested, secure, and maintainable code.
• Find a path to get things done despite roadblocks to get your work into the hands of users quickly and iteratively.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, design-driven, product development cycle.
• Partner closely with data science teams to analyze user behavior tooptimizeproduct features and drive user engagement.
• Embody ourand.