Microsoft

Sr. Software Engineer - Performance

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2 months ago
Remote, Worldwide +2 moreSenior
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Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain performance assessment solutions for evaluating responsiveness across Windows devices.
  • Analyze system, storage, memory, I/O, application, and platform performance to identify optimization opportunities.
  • Define and maintain performance metrics, measurement methodologies, and reporting standards for validation environments.
  • Drive adoption of AI-powered solutions to scale and accelerate performance root-cause analysis.
  • Lead technical design discussions and architecture reviews.
  • Contribute to technical excellence through documentation, code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience.
  • Coding experience in one or more of C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills, particularly with Windows debugging and performance analysis.
  • Understanding of performance management, measurement, boot and startup flow, scheduling, and memory/storage/I/O latency analysis.
  • Ability to work independently and diagnose non-deterministic or flaky measurement results.
  • Hands-on experience with WPR/WPA, Xperf, and ETW trace capture and analysis is preferred.
  • Familiarity with ADK/WAT assessments and the Performance Toolkit SDK/WPA plugin model is preferred.
  • Understanding of Windows kernel, memory and I/O management, scheduling, and boot flow is preferred.
  • Strong Mandarin and English communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
  • Prior collaboration with OEM or IHV partners is preferred.

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10,000+ employees

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.

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