1 day ago
Redmond, WA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$102k - $219k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and optimize C++ software for Windows desktop remoting and streaming experiences.
- Build low-latency remote desktop experiences that perform across devices and network conditions.
- Develop and optimize graphics, rendering, GPU acceleration, and real-time media pipeline components.
- Contribute to RDP, video encoding and decoding, and H.264 and H.265/HEVC codec technologies.
- Investigate and improve performance, reliability, and quality through debugging, telemetry, and performance analysis.
- Collaborate across engineering disciplines to integrate Windows clients, virtualized environments, and cloud-hosted desktops.
- Diagnose technical issues across graphics, media, networking, and Windows system components.
- Participate in design discussions, code reviews, testing, and continuous engineering improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience coding in C++, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.
- Preferred: bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of technical engineering experience coding in C++, or a master’s degree and 6+ years of such experience, or equivalent experience.
- Experience developing performance-sensitive or systems-level software using C++.
- Experience with graphics, rendering, GPU programming, desktop remoting, video/media streaming, or real-time media processing.
- Familiarity with DirectX/Direct3D, Vulkan, OpenGL, or CUDA.
- Experience with video encoding/decoding, media pipelines, or H.264 and H.265/HEVC codecs.
- Experience with remote desktop, desktop streaming, screen capture, virtualization, or low-latency interactive applications.
- Familiarity with Windows internals, Windows OS concepts, or native Windows development.
- Experience debugging and optimizing performance, latency, memory, or resource utilization in complex software systems.
- Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
Benefits
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
- The position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.
About Microsoft
Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.