Are you interested in shaping the future of personal computing , with a small and growing team working with a startup mindset ? Come join the Windows Incubation team envisioning and building new Web, Cloud streaming, and AI-powered experiences on a range of devices.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Windows Incubation team, y ou will build with the latest advances in the Windows platform, OS/ s ilicon integration, cloud/client computing, large language models , and web development. You will partner with Pr oduct Management and Design to develop ideas to solve customer problems, and pr ototypes to learn from . Together with your team, y ou will design and implement innovative solutions to some of the most complex problems . You are open and adaptable, ready to learn and start working with diverse codebases and technologies. You will contribut e to engineering systems, testing, and tools to improve the team’s efficiency .
If you thrive on solving problems by building , learning and iterating in a col laborative environment , this is the role for you ! We offer in-office, remote and partial remote work arrangements t o support your preferred work style.
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.
Qualifications:
Minimum/ Required Quali fications
- 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
- 2 year s of experience developing Operating System components OR Windows applications
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with on e or more of the following:
- Web development using TypeScript, HTML, CSS and Web Components
- In corpo ration of Machine Learning algorithms into shipping products
- Operating system or application virtualization technology
- Hardware acceleration to optimize software performance
Software Engineering IC4 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 – $218,400 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 $145,800 – $238,600 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
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
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Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
- Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
- Creates, implements, optimizes , debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve usability, performance and maintainability.
- Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders to drive a workgroup’s project plans, release plans, and work items.
- Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends , technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products.
- Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate .