VivaEngage Senior Software Engineer

Viva Engage connects people through communities, bringing leaders and employees together to share knowledge, clarify priorities, and build relationships. Viva Engage (formerly Yammer) is the premier tool to create multi-directional dialogue between tens of millions of employees worldwide every month.

Engage team members are at the forefront of driving AI applications and Copilot adoption to make communication and information sharing easy and authentic. Our work supports top challenges for our customers, including digital safety, trusted security standards, and deep analytics to help our customers maximize reach, reduce inefficiencies, and create a thriving organizational culture. We would love to have you join the team driving innovation, connection, and community for our valued global customers. #VivaEngage

Our engineers develop cutting-edge, beautiful UX that seamlessly adapts to various apps and form factors and reaches tens of millions of users. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will develop innovative new features and experiences, run experiments to learn and improve the product, and add core capabilities to our web platform with an eye to performance and accessibility. We are looking for someone who is passionate about delighting users, has an eye for craftsmanship and an opinion about what makes a great user experience. Our stack includes React, Redux, Relay, GraphQL API gateway and Azure Cloud Services.

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

• Lead the design and development of features and client architecture changes that impact tens of millions of users.
• Mentor and train other engineers in software best practices and design techniques.
• Help build and maintain a strong engineering culture.
• Develop user-facing features and experiences in partnership with design, product, and engineering.
• Build reusable code and libraries for maintainability and future use.
• Build responsive, accessible and localized experiences for a diverse user-base.
• Develop integrations of the Viva Engage client into other M365 apps.
• Experiment, A/B test key hypothesis to make data driven decisions.
• Optimize for performance and scalability.
  
  

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, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• Strong understanding of modern web tech stack e.g. TypeScript, React, Redux, Webpack, Jest.
• Deep expertise in web markup including CSS3, HTML5.
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
• Holistic understanding of client technology including front-end, API, networking, and the browser itself.
  

Other Requirements

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.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.
• Broad experience across multiple FE technologies.
• Good understanding of best practices of building cross browser and device independent interfaces.
• Expertise improving performance (FMP, TTI, bundle size, etc).
  

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