The Microsoft Store team is looking to develop and maintain the Windows app distribution components and the foundational layers of the Microsoft Store application to ensure seamless app experiences for millions of users.
Requirements
- Experience in developing and maintaining web services or APIs as part of a full-stack application, such as ASP.NET REST API, Service Fabric, Azure Function, etc.
- Experience in full-stack development, including both frontend (e.g., Web Components, HTML/CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript) and backend (e.g., Node.js, .NET, or Azure-based services).
- Experienced with infrastructure fundamentals, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment strategies, including CDN (Azure Frontdoor or Akamai), container, app services, Logic App, etc, as well as monitoring and alerting systems (e.g., Azure Monitor, Application Insights).
- Knowledge of modern web architecture and performance optimization techniques.
- Experience with SEO best practices for web applications.
- Hands-on experience or knowledge with caching and data stores such as Redis.
- Experience with data processing and analysis workflows, and working experience with basic query languages (e.g., SQL, KQL), as well as powerbi for data visualization and reporting.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with stakeholders, such as product, design, and data, to define technical requirements and translate them into scalable design specifications.
- Independently design, implement, and maintain features and services with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- Serve as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for critical services, leading incident response and driving root cause analysis and long-term fixes.
- Contribute to architectural discussions and help evolve the system design to meet future scalability and reliability goals.
- Drive improvements in engineering practices, including CI/CD, testing, observability, and operational excellence.
- Stay current with industry trends and apply new technologies and practices to improve the product and development process.
- Embody our culture and value
Other
- 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, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of experience in developing and maintaining web services or APIs as part of a full-stack application
- Travel requirements not specified
- Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
