Principal Software Engineer – Viva Engage

What is Viva Engage?

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Viva Engage is the industry-defining social network for the enterprise. We provide a platform for millions of employees, including those from 85% of Fortune 500 companies, to build community and culture, share knowledge, and connect with their leaders and each other.

Why Viva Engage?

Acquired by Microsoft in 2012, Viva Engage combines the benefits of a startup - rapid innovation, cutting-edge technology, outsized individual impact - with the advantages of working for one of the most successful software companies in the world.

We believe in mission-driven work and in this post-Covid world, our platform has become more indispensable than ever as it fosters connection and a sense of belonging among remote teams.

We need your help to take Viva Engage to the next level! In this job, you will have :

• Autonomy and freedom to innovate
• Choice of the best of open source and Microsoft-internal technology
• The ability to experiment, A / B test, and make data-driven decisions
• Tons of opportunity for outsized impact as part of a small but mighty team on a rapidly-growing product needed now more than ever
• Opportunity for massive scale as part of a suite with hundreds of millions of users

Principal Software Engineer Viva Engage

About This Job

As a social networking product, Viva Engage has tons of interesting engineering challenges - like supporting large-scale conversations with hundreds of thousands of participants.

We deploy new code every day to our tens of millions of users and are constantly innovating to improve the system and deliver a delightful experience.

We are looking for a very experienced backend engineering leader who can provide strategic direction across Viva Engage and drive innovation and collaboration across multiple teams to achieve big, complex, and audacious goals.

Our Backend Stack Is Composed Of

• Linux on Azure
• Java and Ruby micro services, deployed as docker containers
• GraphQL, Dropwizard, Rails REST APIs
• Postgres / CosmosDB / Azure Queue / Kafka / Redis storage and queuing
• Mesos container orchestration, HAProxy-based service mesh
• Grafana metrics, Azure Data Explorer log aggregation, Microsoft-standard monitoring

Location : By applying to this U.S. based position, while remote work is possible, relocation does not apply / is not provided for the role.

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

• Lead the design and development of major services with tens of millions of users, operating in multiple global regions
• Mentor and train other engineers in software best practices and design techniques
• Help build and maintain collaborative engineering culture
• Provide strategic direction for the evolution of the Viva Engage technology stack, building alignment with other technical leaders
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering to deliver a delightful experience
• Continually seek deeper insights into the performance and scalability of our systems
• Experiment, A / B test key hypothesis to make data driven decisions

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Ruby
• OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience building large scale, resilient distributed systems, and demonstrated efficient debugging skills using logs and metrics
• 5+ years of experience with multiple datastores such as SQL and NoSQL, and data access patterns
• 8+ years of experience developing and operating microservices

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software development experience, including building platforms and APIs for internal developers
• Demonstrated experience in monolithic decomposition and driving major technical change
• Demonstrated Ruby on Rails knowledge
• Demonstrated knowledge of Java or Ruby, GraphQL and / or gRPC / Thrift

Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $158,500 - $276,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $202,800 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here : https : / / careers.

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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.

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