Software Engineering, Path Team

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

About The Position

Microsoft’s Path team helps customers along their journey from the initial idea to the final realization of their goals – from Idea 💡to Plan 📋to Done ✅. We are responsible for collaborative Work Management products including Microsoft Project, Planner, To Do, and Visio. With Project and Planner we help customers collaborate effectively to navigate complexity, determine critical paths, and orchestrate their plans to achieve more. With To Do and Tasks, we help customers capture, prioritize, and complete their aspirations and goals along their path to success. With Visio, we help customers model and conceptualize information pathways through process diagrams, organizational charts, and more to visualize what it is and what it can be. Collectively, we're responsible for an incredible portfolio of products and services that help guide people and organizations along their journey to achieve more. And of course, Microsoft being a leader in the AI space, we are heavily investing in making all our products & services more intelligent with AI tools and agents. We are looking for a Software Engineer to join the Path Engineering team under CAP (Collaborative Apps & Platforms) org. By using the next generation of Work Management experiences, and infusing Microsoft's Copilot and Generative AI technologies with Path products, you’ll help create the future of how customers get things done – from drawing diagrams and designs, to generating plans for work, and actually executing some tasks through agents. You’ll reach tens of millions of customers with the technology you create and inspire hundreds of engineers on the team to go beyond what’s possible today to create the work management platform for the future. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. By integrating the power of generative AI with tools for workflow management you will directly contribute to that mission empowering customers to achieve at a pace and scale beyond what has previously been considered possible.

Requirements

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#, JavaScript, or TypeScript OR equivalent experience.
2+ years of experience creating, releasing, and evolving large commercial software components or products at scale.
2+ years of experience with the React framework.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ 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 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
Experience with DevOps methodologies and tools.
Experience with Serverless infrastructure, NOSQL databases and high volume / throughput web applications and their design.
Experience of collaborating across teams to deliver complete features and end-to-end customer experiences.
Solid customer empathy and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

Design and develop end user facing client applications.
Knowledge of how clients and services work, with a history of developing, deploying and evolving products in a dev-ops managed production environment.
You will design features and capabilities to enable experiences for millions of users, interacting with the service through dedicated Web and mobile clients, and through Teams.
Carry out quick technology “spikes” (or proofs of concepts, flighting) to create value in new features.
Clear and effective communication skills, be it when you write code, send emails, or explain technical issues to non-technical co-workers.
A desire to make things better, whether it be in how we optimize our inner dev loop, how we test our code, or how we can make deployments happen at light speed. You're always looking for ways we can be better as a team.
Reliable and responsible work ethic. You enjoy taking on responsibility within your role, on projects you have initiated, and you also enjoy bringing out the best in your teammates.
Analyzing and improving service efficiency and reliability.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for service improvements and new features.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, including design documents, test plans, and user guides.
Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in software development and apply them to improve service offerings.
Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members to improve code quality.
Troubleshoot and debug issues in production environments and work with the team to implement solutions.
Mentor junior team members and contribute to a positive team culture of continuous learning and improvement.