Senior Software Engineer – WDX at Microsoft Nigeria

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.

At Microsoft our mission and values are to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer – WDX

Job number: 1018216
Location: Lagos
Travel: 0-25 %
Profession: Hardware Manufacturing Engineering
Role type: Individual Contributor
Employment type: Full-Time

Description

The Windows, Developers & Experiences (WDX) team, a part of the Windows + Devices (W+D) engineering organization, is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to partner with us to build and ship the next generation version of Windows that will touch the lives of 1 Billion+ users worldwide! Help us build modern, intuitive, iconic and delightful user experiences that will propel Windows into the 2020’s.
We are looking for data-driven and customer-obsessed engineers who like the challenge of working on features that span the entire development stack across the Windows OS, applications and devices and form factors that run the Windows OS, join us to define and deliver the next generation of Windows and the future of how humans experience computing.
You will play a key role in open-ended explorations, prototyping and influencing business opportunities for current and future customers of Windows. We’re looking for collaborative engineers to bring their passion, drive and technical skills to help us accomplish these goals.
You will play a key role in open-ended explorations, prototyping and influencing business opportunities for current and future customers of Windows. We’re looking for collaborative engineers to bring their passion, drive and technical skills to help us accomplish these goals.

Responsibilities
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:

Be a technical leader on the team and deliver strongly on your areas of technical ownership
Write technical documentation to describe technical details of your work with architects and key stakeholders.
Effectively collaborate with talented peers across discipline (PM, Design, Data and Applied Science) to deliver on your work.
Drive building a positive culture on the team that aligns with Microsoft’s values.

Qualifications

Passion, interest and optionally experience in building user experiences.
Strong problem solving, analysis, collaboration and communication skills.
5 – 10+ years of experience designing, building and shipping applications and software at scale.
Experience with programming in any language is welcome, but experience with Object-Oriented programming languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, etc. would be an advantage.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field would be an advantage.

Benefits and Perks
Benefits / perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work: