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Here at Microsoft Sports, we offer personalized news on your favorite sports teams, live game scores, March Madness brackets, fantasy football lineups, cricket World Cup highlights, Olympic medal tallies, and much more. Our services enable us to serve hundreds of leagues, tournaments, and momentous events to millions of users worldwide, and are integrated across everyday Microsoft products such as Bing, Bing Chat, Edge, MSN/Microsoft Start, Windows, Office, and more!
The Microsoft Engineering team is looking for a motivated, and creative Software Engineer II- Frontend, with proficient web application development experience to help build the next generation of sports experiences. We aspire to be the #1 destination for all sports around the world and are looking for someone to help get us there!
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
Responsibilities
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Work closely with project managers, design team, engineering technical leads, and backend engineers to build a delightful user experience.
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Own full feature development that includes design, development, testing, release, experimentation, live site readiness.
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Write clean, maintainable, performant, and well-tested code while implementing new features and fixing bugs.
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Understand existing applications, identify areas of improvement, performance bottlenecks, etc. and resolve them.
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Monitor live system metrics, respond to alerts, and troubleshoot production issues.
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Grow with the support of your team and help others grow by providing thoughtful feedback.
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Demonstrate effective communication skills to collaborate cross-group and work effectively within the team.
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Navigate ambiguity and take initiative.
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Be self-directed and prioritize effectively.
Other:
- Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values .
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 2+ years technical engineering experience building modern Web applications with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
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OR equivalent experience.
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2+ years of demonstrated experience with modern web tech stacks such as: TypeScript, React, Redux, Webpack, Jest, or GraphQL.
Other Requirements
The ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements is 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
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4+ years of engineering experience building modern web applications.
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4+ years of demonstrated experience with JavaScript.
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Experience with web components, custom elements, Shadow DOM etc., or proficient in one mainstream UI frameworks e.g., React.
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Design and architecture experience for complex front-end applications
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Experience working in an agile, test-driven software development process.
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Experience with any of the following engineering areas: scalability, compliance, performance, security, privacy, reliability, accessibility, localization/globalization.
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Knowledge and experience of browser technologies like web workers, service workers, coaching, local storage, debugging and profiling tools.
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Experience using customer insights to build a delightful user experience.
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Demonstrated experience of engineering excellence and quality. Live site first – testing, monitoring, and analyzing user feedback.
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Experience with C# and full stack software development
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Experience building REST API
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Sports domain knowledge
Software Engineering IC3 – The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $79,600 – CAD $153,000 per year.
Find additional pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html
Microsoft 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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .
