Principal Software Engineer - Frontend

Overview

Are you ready to contribute to a product that impacts the daily lives of over 100+ million users, is utilized by 91% of Fortune 100 companies, available in 181 markets, and recognized as the fastest-growing app in Microsoft's history?

We're actively shaping the future of Microsoft Teams - a modern collaboration and productivity hub for the workspace. Microsoft Teams seamlessly integrates real-time audio / video conferencing solutions, chat, and Office 365 workloads like Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and OneNote.

Leveraging cutting-edge technology from Microsoft Research, open source, and Azure cloud, our team employs short development cycles to ship incremental updates, collect valuable feedback, and iteratively enhance the product.

With a globally distributed team spanning the US, Europe, and India, we operate with world-class tooling such as Microsoft DevOps and, interestingly, use our own product Microsoft Teams to drive truly global business.

We're seeking a passionate Principal Software Engineer - Frontend to play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture and design of our product.

In addition to leading the design, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and operation of features in production, you will be responsible for driving process improvements within the team, ensuring that our technical foundation is robust and forward-thinking.

Your role will involve providing technical guidance to the team, mentoring and supporting team members, and actively participating in wider engineering group- and site-wide activities.

This position is within the Microsoft Teams Enterprise Voice team.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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

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Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.

4+ years of experience in front-end technologies like Typescript, React, GraphQL, HTML, CSS.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of proven experience in design, coding, testing, problem-solving, and debugging skills in any language.
• Extensive experience working across disciplines, groups, and teams.
• Experience with the software development lifecycle and agile methodologies.
• Deep expertise in commercial product development with a strong focus on user experiences.
• Ability to adapt new technologies and advocate them to the team.

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $132,800 - CAD $247,200 per year.

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Responsibilities

• Shape the architecture and design of the product, ensuring a well-thought-through technical foundation.
• Drive process improvements within the team to elevate our development practices and standards.
• Provide technical guidance to the team, mentoring and supporting team members in their professional growth.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and partner teams to deliver a set of features with the right overall design and architecture.
• Write clean, high-quality code with an emphasis on performance, simplicity, durability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Take end-to-end ownership through the software lifecycle with a strong focus on solution, code quality, and efficiency.
• Drive technical expertise by optimizing code / application for the best performance and advocating for state-of-the-art technologies and engineering practices.
• Actively participate in wider engineering group- and site-wide activities.

Benefits / perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Industry leading healthcareEducational resourcesDiscounts on products and servicesSavings and investmentsMaternity and paternity leaveGenerous time awayGiving programsOpportunities to network and connect