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Software Engineering IC4 serves as a Senior Software Engineer on the Outlook Mobile team, where the focus is on building features for email and calendar experiences. The role involves designing architecture and technical approaches for a secure, high-performance native mobile application while producing well-tested, maintainable, and instrumented code. You will utilize telemetry, analytics, and experimentation to improve reliability and performance based on usage patterns. Collaboration with product managers and partner teams is essential to define requirements and APIs. The position requires proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, along with experience in modern mobile architecture and AI-assisted coding tools. This role addresses the technical challenge of delivering a high-quality user experience for a globally scaled product while ensuring security and performance standards are met.
What does a Software Engineering earn?
Median $152150 from 37 postings across 9 companies.
Design and build innovative features for Outlook Mobile while defining architecture and technical approaches.
Produce well-tested, maintainable, and instrumented code for high-performance mobile applications.
Use telemetry and analytics to identify issues and improve app reliability and performance.
Develop high-quality user experiences that align with mobile UI and UX design standards.
Define requirements, APIs, technical solutions, and development tools in coordination with partner teams.
Utilize customer feedback, product data, and experimentation to guide design decisions.
Apply AI-assisted coding tools to improve engineering productivity while maintaining security and quality standards.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of experience coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 6+ years of engineering experience (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 8+ years of engineering experience (preferred).
Demonstrated customer focus and a track record of delivering high-quality user experiences (preferred).
Solid project management, communication, and cross-team collaboration skills (preferred).
Experience with modern mobile architecture, performance, reliability, telemetry, and experimentation (preferred).
Experience using AI-assisted coding tools in software engineering workflows (preferred).
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