Microsoft · 4 days ago
Senior Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
4+ years expMicrosoft is developing a best-in-class virtual desktop infrastructure solution and is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop organization. The role involves collaborating with partner teams to implement low latency streaming protocol features, optimize performance, and contribute to security features within the technology stack.
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Responsibilities
Works with appropriate stakeholders across teams to determine requirements for a set of features
Identifies dependencies and drives consensus across stakeholders and subject matter experts through well documented design
Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to develop streaming protocol features
Designs and implements tools and techniques to analyze and improve the performance of cloud streaming
Holds themselves and others accountable to a high bar for security and authentication aspects of the streaming protocol
Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation
Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor product feature for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and drives best practices to improve the reliability, observability, and performance of the product
Embody our culture and values
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
3+ years industry experience with C++ development and debugging skills
Proficiency in debugging complex multithreaded scenarios
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Experience with low-latency, high-throughput video streaming or equivalent performance sensitive scenarios
Experience in Windows OS development, including system integration, security models, and performance optimization for applications
Familiar with modern C++ concepts and Standard Template Library (STL)
Knowledge of Azure services, identity and authentication (AAD)
Benefits
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
Company
Microsoft
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