Software Engineer II

Viva Glint is a leading employee engagement platform, partnering with over 1,000 organizations in more than 150 countries to strengthen organizational health through real-time employee feedback. Glint combines AI technology with people science to deliver predictive insights that help organizations understand engagement data, connect insights to outcomes, and take meaningful action. Companies that prioritize understanding the needs of their people and empower managers to respond effectively see 2.5 times higher profit, three times lower attrition, and three times lower burnout.

The Glint product is part of Microsoft’s Employee Experience (EXP) organization, which includes Viva Engage, Viva Learning, Viva Insights, and more. Our team works directly with customers, iterates quickly, and focuses on creating solutions that meet the needs of employees worldwide. We foster an inclusive, collaborative, and dynamic culture that celebrates diversity, promotes belonging, and values a shared passion for serving customers. Team members benefit from a solid sense of accountability and opportunities for continuous learning and career growth.

As a Software Engineer II in Viva Glint, you will operate full stack to help build scalable, efficient, responsive, and high-performing components using modern engineering practices. You will evolve the product with a customer-first mindset, driving innovation and designing experiences that meet the needs of people who use our solutions. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and operations teams to deliver solutions that meet business requirements while driving engineering and operational excellence across Viva Glint.

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

• Work with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
• Contribute to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight. 
• Create and implements code to enable Viva Glint service or feature, reusing code as applicable. 
• Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation. 
• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems. 
• Remain current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale. 
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree i Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience with building scalable backend systems and RESTful APIs.
• 2+ years experience with REACT and Angular.
  

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

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience shipping production client software.
• 3+ years of experience with building highly performant web applications.
• Experience building, delivering, and maintaining web applications or services (Azure or comparable cloud).
  

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $85,000 - CAD $166,800 per year.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 9th, 2025

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