Yammer was one of the first startup unicorns this past decade and was acquired by Microsoft in 2012.  Today, this means we get the benefits of a startup - rapid innovation, cutting-edge technology, outsized individual impact - with the advantages of working for one of the most successful software companies in the world. We work together in small, cross-functional teams - engineers, product managers, designers, data scientists - to design, deliver and operate delightful end user experiences to our tens of millions of users spread across the world. 

We’ve always been mission-driven; In this post-Covid world, Yammer has become even more indispensable than ever as employees have a deep need for connection and a sense of belonging. We’ve been growing rapidly and need your help to take Yammer to the next level. 

You will have:  

Autonomy and freedom to innovate 

Choice of the best of open source and Microsoft-internal technology  

The ability to experiment, A/B test, and make data-driven decisions 

Tons of opportunity for outsized impact as part of a small but mighty team on a rapidly-growing product needed now more than ever 

At the same time, you also have the benefits of working at a top-tier tech company like Microsoft:  

Compensation, benefits, and perks 

Internal resources, technology, and opportunities for learning and growth   

Brand and networking  

Opportunity for massive scale as part of a suite with hundreds of millions of users  

About this job 

Yammer is an enterprise social product with a best-in-class mobile experience. You’ll help make the iOS app even more elegant, intuitive, and performant, and add compelling new capabilities as we rapidly expand to reach all of Office 365 (hundreds of millions of users). 

As a social product, many Yammer features are built mobile-first. We build, measure, learn, and iterate at a rapid clip while maintaining a high bar for quality.  We leverage the latest iOS features wherever possible to enhance our user’s experiences. You'll enjoy a great deal of autonomy, ownership, and influence over the product as well as opportunities to innovate, including hack-week several times a year, with many hacks shipped. 

You’ll be part of a passionate, high-performing, and diverse team ranging from industry veterans to rising stars, who love to learn from each other, as well as share knowledge with the extended iOS community of several hundred engineers at Microsoft. We take pride in maintaining a fun, respectful, and inclusive work culture, as well as a great work-life balance. 

Our iOS stack: 

Swift/SwiftUI/Obj-C 

Core Data 

GraphQL and REST APIs 

XCTest/XCUITest 

Build and Release Automation  

Responsibilities

Collaborate with product, design, research, backend, and analytics teams, as well as other mobile teams across Microsoft to deliver delightful mobile experiences 

Build complete features from the database to the user experience 

Constantly improve the reliability, performance, security, stability, and overall architecture of the app and underlying tech-stack  

Build reusable code and libraries for maintainability and future use 

Write Unit & UI tests, set up dashboards and alerting, uncover and fix bugs, crashes, and other issues, in order to ensure a robust app  

Perform code reviews and participate in technical design reviews 

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications  

A BS or MS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience  

3+ years of experience in software engineering 

2+ years of experience developing iOS apps     

Preferred Qualifications/Attributes  

Experience developing large-scale iOS apps which are reliable, secure, and performant 

Experience with Apple frameworks and native iOS development 

Efficient, tenacious debugging skills using logs and metrics 

Understanding of Apple HIG and mobile UX/UI design patterns  

Experience with Apple accessibility technologies and a passion for making a highly accessible product 

Stays up to date on industry trends and promotes coding best practices and principles  

Empathy for users and good instincts towards understanding their needs  

Experience in the social networking space 

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