Software Engineer II - Android

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. 

Microsoft Teams is core to Microsoft's vision for intelligent communications and productivity pane into the modern workplace. We are fast becoming the hub for teamwork in Office 365, with hundreds of thousands of organizations and tens of millions of users across the globe using Teams. Microsoft Teams is the fastest growing business application in Microsoft history. 

We are looking for a Sofware Engineer II to join our Mobile Engineering Systems team. This role is integral to enhancing the efficiency and scalability of our Mobile release process. Our infrastructure allows feature teams to deliver new features to millions of users in an automated fashion. By automating repetitive tasks, you will play a key role in improving operational efficiency, reducing response times, and enabling the feature team developers to be more efficient. 

About us:

• We’re a savvy group of generalizing specialists; we blend years of software engineering expertise with some of the newest and most popular tools, frameworks, and methodologies to empower an entire organization to build great software. 
• We are full stack engineer, leveraging wide range of technologies from C# .Net, Python, Azure OpenAI / ChatGPT, to React JS to implement backend/frontend systems 
• We pride ourselves in building smart systems and tools which make our fellow engineers more productive every day and enable them to ship high quality code to our customers continuously. 
• We use Teams to ship Teams. Our tools are integrated into the Microsoft Teams itself. 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Solid proficiency in Android development using Kotlin and Java. 
• Proficiency in performance testing, stress testing, and benchmarking for Android applications. 
• Experience with telemetry and analytics tools to measure app performance (e.g., Firebase Performance Monitoring, custom telemetry frameworks). 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent problem-solving & debugging skills. 
• 4+ years of coding experience in an object-oriented programming language, with knowledge of Java, Kotlin.
• Deep understanding of the Android platform, including app lifecycle, memory management, threading, and performance optimization techniques. 
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated performance regression testing. 
• Familiarity with machine learning or AI techniques in mobile app performance optimization. 
• Experience in iOS development. 

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• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in CPU, GPU, memory, battery, and network usage using tools like Android Studio Profiler and Perfetto. 
• Build and maintain performance testing tools and automate regression testing to detect issues early. 
• Collaborate with developers to optimize app code for speed, responsiveness, and efficiency. 
• Build tools/bots to improve detection of quality issues, contribute ideas to continuously improve our systems, and drive actionable code and product quality feedback.  
• Embody our culture and values.