TALENT Software Services · 1 day ago
Senior Systems Diagnostics Engineer (Media & Graphics)
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$60/hr - $70/hr
4+ years expTALENT Software Services is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Diagnostics Engineer (Media & Graphics) to work at their company in Redmond, WA. The role focuses on improving developer support by enhancing diagnostics for media and codec issues, enabling developers to identify and fix problems independently before they escalate.
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Responsibilities
Improve the debuggability of media and codec usage by application and driver developers
Expose clearer runtime validation, diagnostics, and actionable error messages
Reduce low-quality bug reports by helping developers self-diagnose issues
Shift the team's effort from reactive bug triage to proactive tooling
Design and implement media-specific validation layers, checks, and diagnostics similar to the D3D debug layer
Identify common media misuse patterns and failure modes, providing clear warnings, errors, and guidance
Enhance diagnostic logging, traceability, and developer-facing error messages for media pipelines
Collaborate with media, graphics, and developer support teams to understand top recurring bug categories
Create developer-friendly debugging guidance, examples, and recommended workflows
Validate tooling against real-world media apps, drivers, and reproduction scenarios to ensure usefulness
Success is measured through reduced bug volume, faster resolution times, and higher-quality incoming issues
Review recent media bugs and identify where better diagnostics could have prevented them. Design or refine validation checks, improve error messages, and collaborate with media and graphics engineers to implement tooling that helps developers catch issues early—before they ever file a bug
Qualification
Required
Media / Graphics Systems Experience: Strong understanding of media pipelines, graphics APIs, or runtime validation concepts in complex systems
Debugging & Diagnostics Engineering: Proven experience building developer diagnostics, validation layers, runtime checks, logging, or trace tooling
Developer Experience Mindset: Ability to translate low-level failures into actionable, understandable feedback for developers
Systems Programming Background: Experience working close to OS, drivers, runtimes, or performance-sensitive components
Collaboration & Communication: Comfortable working across platform teams and advocating for tooling improvements that reduce ecosystem friction
The ideal candidate has strong systems-level debugging and diagnostics experience and enjoys making complex technology easier for other developers to use correctly
They bring 4–6 years of experience working in low-level or performance-sensitive software such as media pipelines, graphics subsystems, device drivers, runtimes, or OS components
They excel at translating failures into actionable diagnostics—designing runtime validation checks, clear error messages, warnings, and structured logs that help developers catch issues early rather than escalating bugs to platform teams
Experience with specific company stacks is not required, but familiarity with graphics or media APIs, debug layers, or validation tooling (such as D3D, Vulkan, multimedia frameworks, or similar systems) is advantageous
A strong candidate is comfortable analyzing patterns in incoming bugs, identifying common categories of misuse or configuration errors, and converting those learnings into preventative tooling—validation rules, developer guidance, diagnostics, or checks that reduce future defect volume
They think in terms of ecosystem health, not just fixing single bugs
They collaborate well across disciplines, working with media engineers, graphics teams, and developer support to understand real-world pain points and validate that new diagnostics truly help developers self-diagnose issues
Clear written communication is essential, as the role involves producing developer-facing guidance, explanations, and examples in addition to code
Company
TALENT Software Services
Talent Software Services is an IT staffing services company of healthcare and government sectors.
51-200 employees
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