Microsoft

Come join the PowerPoint team as we deliver modern, intelligent and collaborative experiences that will delight millions of PowerPoint customers. We are looking to hire a Software Engineer II.

We are in the heart of downtown Vancouver, Canada. The PowerPoint team has the responsibility for the design, implementation, and validation of the PowerPoint ecosystem of products and services, which includes our desktop clients and large-scale cloud services. Our mature development and engineering systems allow us to innovate at an extremely fast pace to transform the landscape of presentation software – be it our Copilot offerings or PowerPoint Live.

Our products and portfolio are rapidly expanding, and we are excited to meet the challenges of scale, performance, efficiency, and reliability as we build the world's best storytelling software.

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.

• From fast evolving new features to long-term architecture investments, you will be responsible for shipping robust, performant, reliable and delightful experiences to millions of customers.
• Team members collaborate on every detail of design, implementation, validation and monitoring of feature usage and health across PowerPoint desktop clients and backend services.
• You will get a chance to enrich the core of PowerPoint, which is powered by our native C++ codebase and our JavaScript codebase, making product changes that allow us to stay in lockstep with the changing needs of our customers.
• You will have the opportunity to advance engineering excellence by driving design discussions, contributing to code reviews and participating in knowledge sharing sessions.
• Embody our Culture and Values

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years' experience in application platform and architecture.
• 2+ years' experience in design, debugging and analytics.
• 1+ years' experience shipping at least one release.

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:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR 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.
• Experience in product quality, service excellence and test engineering
• Ability to work cross group and across disciplines.

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $85,000 - CAD $166,800 per year.

Find additional pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 25th, 2025.

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. 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.

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