Software Engineer Microsoft
Redmond, WA

Job Description

Are you passionate about building world-class services and take the cloud commercial experience to the next level?

Growth hack your career! Join the Microsoft Azure Commercial Experience (ACE) team - the new generation of experiences, which enable Azure, the fastest-growing cloud platform in the world, make billions of dollars of revenue! We own customer acquisition experiences, billing experiences, public APIs related to such experiences. Work on integration with our backend commerce systems and provide insight and analytics to our customers related to their cloud resource and service usage. If you enjoy driving innovation in a fast-paced services team, are passionate about building great user experiences using latest innovative technologies, and yearn to build highly scalable services, this is the right opportunity for you!

* BS degree in Computer Science or Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
* 2+ years of software development or test experience with C# or C++ coding skills.
* The ideal candidate will possess expertise with the latest cutting edge technologies used in building Web applications and Web services. Experience in C#, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, jQuery, Knockout.js, TypeScript, ASP.NET MVC and AngularJS is preferred
* Experience with the following technologies: REST, SOAP, JSON, XML, and LINQ
* 2+ years of SQL experience
* Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
* Experience in testing, writing test plans, and developing test automation
* Experience in delivering in an agile environment and are willing to learn

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements 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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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

As a Software Engineer on our team, you will specialize in building performant and elegant APIs for critical onboarding scenarios, which will have large business impact. You will be empowered for envisioning, designing, coding, validating, and shipping key features - all on a very quick cadence and in a fast-paced environment. You will have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of people from across the company, giving you wide exposure and a broad technical surface to impact in a positive manner. Given that we are a new team, there is a lot of opportunity to make a huge impact and grow rapidly along with a quickly expanding organization. What does it take? Our team culture is execution focused, collaborative, and passionate. We are looking for great, creative Engineers who are able to think outside the box.

We are looking for experience and passion for incubating new ideas with an eye towards shipping. Familiarity and excitement for building scalable and fault-tolerant services at a truly internet scale are key to our vision.

This role requires someone who can quickly step into a highly technical area, and help design the user experience, and an API Layer that makes it seamless and simple for users. Bonus points if you understand identity and highly scalable systems. Ability to lead change and drive own initiatives: The ACE team is a startup environment and, by definition, small and agile, so the ability to lead change and deal with ambiguity is necessary. We are looking for highly motivated individuals who are interested in taking ownership of their area and running it end-to-end. Cross-team skills: Our team works with tens of partners, both internal and external, in the course of a week. You will need to work closely with partner teams (both internal and external partners) to figure out solutions to current issues as well as drive planning together for future product releases.