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Microsoft · Bayern · Germany · Remote
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Come join Microsoft Word to work on state-of-the-art services, platforms, distributed systems, user experiences, and modern technology to deliver the next generation of productivity experiences used by hundreds of millions of users daily!
We are looking for Principal Software Engineer who can help us further grow our products, business, and culture!
The Microsoft Word Web team is driving the next phase of Word layout engine, a core aspect of how Word documents are visualized and interacted with across devices. We are looking for creative and driven software engineers with passion for web full stack development to achieve our vision of redefining the future of documents across all platforms and devices.
The Principal Software Engineer position provides an opportunity to be at the forefront of technology, with a supportive environment for building skills for designing commercial grade software at scale. Additionally, it is an opportunity to work with some of the best experts in the field and will provide an opportunity for long-term technical and non-technical growth and career path.
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
Required Qualifications
We are looking for Principal Software Engineer who can help us further grow our products, business, and culture!
The Microsoft Word Web team is driving the next phase of Word layout engine, a core aspect of how Word documents are visualized and interacted with across devices. We are looking for creative and driven software engineers with passion for web full stack development to achieve our vision of redefining the future of documents across all platforms and devices.
The Principal Software Engineer position provides an opportunity to be at the forefront of technology, with a supportive environment for building skills for designing commercial grade software at scale. Additionally, it is an opportunity to work with some of the best experts in the field and will provide an opportunity for long-term technical and non-technical growth and career path.
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
- Establish long term technical strategy and direction for Word Web, create and improve architecture designs for Word Web technical challenges that involve multiple teams and services
- Design, produce and deliver software to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, security, efficiency, etc. of a service, including periodic on-call duties where necessary
- Drive the engineering culture to strive for a scalable architecture, operational excellence, experimentation driven culture, growth mindset, and being customer obsessed
- Driving innovation and changes by influencing, leading and collaborating effectively across leadership, teams and organizations
- Driving features, projects, and open-ended problems towards resolution
- Take initiative to identify and fix bottlenecks, proactively come up with the proposals for further improvements of the system, process and owned product
- Foster a healthy and inclusive team environment, provide technical guidance to other engineers and act as mentor
- Work with international teams within Microsoft
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and in-depth technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- Demonstrated expertise in software engineering principles with a proven track record of developing, architecting, and driving complex features and experiences for large-scale services or high-traffic customer-facing web applications.
- Exceptional leadership skills, both formal and informal, with a history of successfully working in collaborative, multi-project team environments and consistently shipping high-quality production features.
- Demonstrated experience in defining and executing architectural direction for large-scale engineering teams (30+ people)
- Outstanding written and verbal English communication skills.
- Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and extensive technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- Superior self-learning abilities, capable of quickly mastering new domains and effectively managing uncertainty.
- Deep passion for technology and continuous growth, coupled with outstanding problem-solving skills and a commitment to learning from both successes and mistakes.
