Overview
Windows Cloud Experiences (WCX) is developing a best-in-class virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution to enable millions of customers to work with physical and virtual PCs. WCX is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) organization, which is recognized as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Desktop as a Service (DaaS) for last 3 years. With the momentum from customers transitioning to cloud-based solutions, Windows 365 and AVD have become a billion-dollar business and continue to experience rapid growth. At its core, W365 and AVD provide customers with a modern, elastic, cloud-based Windows experience that feels like local. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the team that builds key technologies for low-latency streaming. We are innovating and reimagining the streaming technology stack that powers our products, pushing beyond matching local experience, bringing the power of cloud computing to endpoints. You will be able to influence the direction of this unique, exciting project.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will collaborate with partner teams to implement low latency streaming protocol features, optimize for performance, and contribute to the development of security features within the stack. Come join us on this journey if you are looking to solve problems at scale across multiple teams with high impact outcome on the product and users.
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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.
Qualifications
**Required Qualifications: **
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.
**Other Requirements: **
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 Qualifications:
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).
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Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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