The Bing Core Experience team is on a mission to craft exceptional first impressions that captivate and engage users the moment they interact with our product. Our goal is to harness a data-driven approach, leveraging our cutting-edge Experimentation platform to uncover user needs and consistently deliver innovative, impactful experiences. By continually refining our strategies and embracing the latest technologies, we aim to set the gold standard for user satisfaction and engagement. Through relentless iteration and a commitment to excellence, we're dedicated to creating a seamless, delightful journey for every Bing user.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you would be working with product team (PM and Design) to identify what is the next innovation that would drive user engagement and keep them coming back. You will be working with multiple partners sharing your learnings and helping them deliver impact and shape the overall product.

It's not just about meeting expectations—it's about exceeding them at every turn. Now that’s an experience worth talking about!

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.

Responsibilities

• Coding: Leads debugging, code reviews, and ensures code quality by applying best practices and coding patterns. Mentors others to produce maintainable code and optimizes performance.
• Reliability and Supportability: Manages live service operations, resolves complex issues, and integrates telemetry for system monitoring. Develops playbooks for incident resolution and ensures SLA adherence.
• Engineering Excellence: Drives automation, develops tools, and ensures compliance with security and privacy standards. Stays current with new trends and technologies, sharing knowledge with the team.
• Implement: Oversees deployment processes, plans projects, and conducts experiments to improve product effectiveness. Breaks down long-term vision into actionable milestones and ensures safe deployments.
• Design: Creates design documents, develops system architecture, and leads testing to ensure reliability and performance. Coordinates with other teams to manage dependencies and optimize solutions.
• Understand User Requirements: Gathers user feedback through various channels and incorporates insights into future designs. Defines critical metrics for measuring customer value and improves user experience.
  
  

Qualifications

Required 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, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
  

Other Qualifications

Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements that are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  
  

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with Web Technologies and Rendering libraries. Any open source technologies like React, Web Components is a plus.
  

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $153,600 - $250,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 23, 2024.

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