The Viva Horizontals team is looking to hire a Software Engineer II to work on cutting edge features in the areas of Viva Skills and Viva Copilot. Our teams in IDC will be an integral part of the overall Viva Horizontals charter and you work alongside the rest of the teams in USA and Canada. Our teams build customer delighting experiences that use generative AI and ML/inferencing at its core.

Responsibilities

We run as a start-up, encouraging team members to share a sense of “founder-ism.” Team members engage directly with customers, iterate rapidly, and focus on solving the needs of employees around the world. Our culture is inclusive, casual, and motivated. Our team celebrates diverse backgrounds, and values passion for serving our customers. Our team has a keen sense of accountability and provides its members with opportunities for learning and career growth.

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.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Strong computer science fundamentals and proven algorithm design capability
• 3+ years of hands-on software design and coding experience
• Proficiency in object-oriented development, with C# and .Net Framework (preferred) or any other object-oriented programming languages such as Java, C++ or related.
• Good technical, cross group collaboration and communication skills
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands on experience in architectural design and large-scale systems
• Experience with using data analysis techniques on real datasets
• DevOps Experience supporting production systems