Senior Software Engineer - Frontend
Overview
As part of MSN team, you will be working on building personalized and engaging content around news, sports, weather, and finance that can scale to 1B+ Microsoft users on desktop and mobile. As a Senior Software Engineer- Frontend you will be responsible for planning, designing, building, and testing the user interface systems of our web-based applications. You will also manage the front-end engineering architecture, set goals and standards, provide technical leadership and mentorship, and collaborate with other teams and departments to ensure the alignment of the front-end systems with the business objectives and user needs.
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.
Qualifications
Required Qualifcations:
- 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, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of experience Designing, building, and maintaining complex web applications with a particular emphasis on the UI (interactions, styling, etc.)
- 3+ years of experience working with single-page architecture and front-end application frameworks like react.js.
Other Requirements:
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.
Preferred Qualifcations:
- 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, JavaScript, or Python
- OR 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 equivalent experience.
- Proficient in front end programming languages, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript and Web Component.
Familiarity with front end tools and technologies, such as Webpack, Babel, Sass, Bootstrap, Material UI, or Tailwind CSS. - Knowledgeable in front end testing tools and methodologies, such as Jest, Enzyme, Cypress, Selenium or Playwright.
- Experience optimizing client performance through efficient dependency management and data access patterns.
- Expereince modifying and extending Node.js REST API endpoints for data retrieval and persistence.
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $108,100 - CAD $199,700 per year.
Find additional pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 31, 2024.
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
- Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
- Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
- Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.
- Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.
- Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
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