Responsibilities

• You will work as a Microsoft Software Engineer in Oslo with some of the largest and most scalable services in the world with non-negotiable focus on performance, availability, reliability and consistency.
• You will work in a collaborative environment, with local and remote partners, to turn requirements into simple, elegant, and optimal solutions at large scale.
• You will be responsible for design, implementation, testing, rollout and running software services.
• You will be developing clean and effective code by allowing refactoring when needed and ensuring your code base incl. tests are ready for change.
• You will be part of team discussions on architectural design and solutions continuously looking for improvements.
• You will ship your code to thousands of machines serving millions of users around the world.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Java Script, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience developing backend or distributed services

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

• Inclusive, collaborative and with a growth-mindset approach.
• Strong technical problem-solving skills.
• Experience in distributed systems.
• Passion about high performant services, high availability, reliability and consistency.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.