Software Engineer II - Web

Company: Microsoft Corporation
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

**Wake up every morning and KNOW you are making a difference.** Flipgrid is a free video discussion app from Microsoft that makes learning fun and empowering for over 100 million educators, learners, families, and organizations around the world. (Check out #FlipgridForAll on Twitter! And @FlipgridEvents)We started with a mission of empowering every voice in the classroom and now we have a much larger vision: to make learning fun and empowering for everyone. We're dedicated to getting people together around the things they love, so that we can all learn, make, discuss, share, and grow! We're excited to see where you can help take us next!We'relooking for creative problem solvers and diverse thinkers-people who care about adding to our team culture and engaging the community we serve. We believe that why we do things is as important as what we do. We're looking for a team member who is creative, dedicated, startup-minded, and a life-long learner looking to create the future of learning at Microsoft.\#OPGJOBS \#FlipgridJobs #SocialLearningJobs**Responsibilities**As a front-end engineer, you will be an integral part of our tight-knit group of dedicated problem solvers. The ideal candidate should be able to quickly make an impact on the web team and work with the larger Flipgrid team to deliver an innovative and meaningful learning experience to millions of students and educators.**Primary Responsibilities**+ Deliver web experiences that are highly crafted and rewarding to the Flipgrid community.+ Collaborate with web, design, and product teams to ensure the goals of the product are aligned with the delivered feature or service.+ Deliver experiences that are user-focused and adhere to accessibility standards.+ Work with the product development team in driving innovative approaches to solving complex problems.+ Maintain code standards regarding quality, privacy, accessibility, security, documentation, etc.**Qualifications**+ 3+ years of front-end web development experience (HTML, Javascript, CSS, Usability Testing).+ Experience using a modern Javascript Framework (React, Vue, Angular).+ 2+ years developing features and experiences for large-scale, cross-browser applications across both mobile and desktop.**Bonus Credit for:**+ Working knowledge interfacing with REST APIs.+ Demonstrated ability to debug and troubleshoot Javascript and UI/CSS issues and knowledge of optimizations for high performance user experiences.+ Working knowledge of building multimedia experiences using WebRTC.+ Experience with TypeScript+ Working knowledge of CI and CD pipelines in a development cycle.+ Experience building accessible applications that follow WCAG and ADA specifications.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. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/accommodationrequest) .Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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