Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

What is Viva Engage?  

Viva Engage is the industry-defining social network for the enterprise. With millions of users, including those from 85% of Fortune 500 companies, we're revolutionizing how teams connect, collaborate, and thrive. 

Why Viva Engage?  

Acquired by Microsoft in 2012, Viva Engage blends startup agility with the resources of a tech giant.  
We believe in mission-driven work and in this post-Covid world, our platform is indispensable for remote and hybrid teams, fostering connection and belonging like never before. 

Ready to make an impact? Join us to help taking Viva Engage to the next level, and enjoy: 

• Autonomy to innovate 
• Access to cutting-edge tech, both open source and Microsoft's finest 
• Data-driven decision-making through experimentation and A/B testing 
• The chance to be a key player in a growing product with global significance 
• Opportunities to shape large-scale distributed services within a suite catering to hundreds of millions of users.  

About this job 

Our Senior Software Engineers (Backend) are the backbone of Viva Engage, creating the essential services that power all our product experiences. With Viva Engage being a social networking powerhouse, our team tackles fascinating engineering puzzles daily, such as facilitating massive conversations involving hundreds of thousands of participants. We roll out fresh code to our tens of millions of users daily, always pushing the envelope to enhance the system and provide users with an exceptional experience. 

Our backend stack is composed of: 

• Linux on Azure infrastructure 
• Java and Ruby microservices, packaged as docker containers 
• GraphQL, Dropwizard, and Rails for REST APIs 
• Storage and queuing with Postgres, Cosmos DB, Azure Queue, Kafka, and Redis 
• Kubernetes and Mesos container orchestration 
• Grafana metrics, Azure Data Explorer log aggregation, Microsoft-standard monitoring tools 

Why Microsoft? 

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.