Software Engineer 2

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 the services that power all our experiences. Viva Engage has a plethora of interesting engineering challenges - like supporting large-scale conversations and communities with hundreds of thousands of participants. We deploy new code every day to our tens of millions of users and are constantly innovating to improve the system and deliver a delightful experience.  Our stack: 

• Linux on Azure
• GraphQL API gateway
• Postgres, CosmosDB, Redis, RabbitMQ
• Java and Ruby on Rails services, deployed as docker containers
• Mesos and Kubernetes container orchestration
• Observability: Grafana metrics, Azure Data Explorer log aggregation
• React.js. Redux, Relay  

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 major services with tens of millions of users, operating in multiple global regions.
• Mentor and train other engineers in software best practices and design techniques.
• Help build and maintain a strong engineering culture.
• Provide strategic direction for the evolution of the Viva Engage technology stack, building alignment with other senior technical leaders.
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering to deliver a delightful experience.
• Continually seek deeper insights into the performance and scalability of our systems.
• Experiment, A/B test key hypothesis to make data driven decisions.

QualificationsRequired Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• Experience building large scale, resilient distributed systems.
• Possess efficient, tenacious debugging skills using logs and metrics.

Other RequirementsAbility 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

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR Masters 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 equivalent experience.
• Prior experience in monolithic decomposition and driving major technical change.
• Experience with multiple datastores (SQL and NoSQL) and data access patterns.
• Experience developing and operating microservices.
• Experience owning 24x7 cloud services available 99.9% or better.
• Experience with GraphQL.

#VivaEngageMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Information :

• Company : Microsoft
• Position : Software Engineer 2
• Location : Hyderabad
• Country : IN