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Software Engineer II at Microsoft, Nairobi, Kenya

Microsoft

Software Engineer II at Microsoft, Nairobi, Kenya

Microsoft

Full time Job

Date Posted: May 20, 2024

Application deadline:

Expired on: May 27, 2024 12:00am

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Job description

Microsoft Corporation (commonly referred to as Microsoft or MS) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services.

Responsibilities

We’re looking for a resourceful and passionate software engineer who loves sustainability and data to join us in our mission of reducing Windows’ carbon footprint. The ideal candidate will be contributing to building infrastructure and experiences to reduce energy emissions from the Windows fleet of devices. You will:

  • Build customer-facing experiences, services, developer dashboards and tools to improve optics on emissions.
  • Analyze data from hundreds of millions of devices to measure the impact of the changes and recommend opportunities for improvement.
  • Partner with internal teams across the company and external developers to help them reduce the emissions their code is responsible for.
  • Throughout all your work, you will use data to validate assumptions and motivate others to engage and act.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent work experience.
  • 3+ years of relevant industry software design and development experience, working with a mainstream programming/scripting language (C++, C#, Java, etc.).
  • Experience collaborating/ability to collaborate with teams across different time zones and geographies.
  • Strong problem solving and debugging skills with great attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with querying, manipulating, and reporting on big data platforms (COSMOS, Kusto, etc.).
  • Experience designing secure and scalable services on Azure or other cloud technologies.
  • Experience with AI tools and platforms.
  • Commitment to end user experiences.
  • Ability to quickly ramp up on new technologies.
  • Ability to resolve ambiguities effectively, prioritize and drive projects to completion, prioritize between multiple needs and adapt to changing circumstances.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to influence outcomes and communicate technical content to general audiences.

Application deadline:

Expired on: May 27, 2024

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