Microsoft Looking For Principal Software Engineer – Mixed Reality at Redmond, WA Full Time

In Mixed Reality, people—not devices—are at the center of everything we do. Our tech moves beyond screens and pixels, creating a new reality aimed at bringing us closer together—whether that’s scientists “meeting” on the surface of a virtual Mars or some yet undreamt-of possibility. To get there, we’re incorporating groundbreaking technologies, from the revolutionary Holographic Processing Unit to computer vision, machine learning, human-computer interaction, and more.

We’re a growing team of talented engineers, program managers and artists putting technology on a human path across all Windows devices, including Microsoft HoloLens, the Internet of Things, phones, tablets, desktops, and Xbox. Our team has people from a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, previous work histories, life experiences, and we are eager to maintain and grow that diversity. Our varied backgrounds and unique experiences enable us to be better at building the best solutions for our customers and make for dynamic and joyful collaborations with colleagues!

If you are passionate about groundbreaking Mixed Reality technology and want to work on a team dedicated to a culture of inclusion, growth mindset and collaboration, we need you!

Be a part of a team that values collaboration, experimentation, and innovation. Your unique background, ideas, skills, partnered with a growth mindset are welcome in this team. As a member of the Mixed Reality Microsoft Mesh team you will be on the cutting edge of building Mixed Reality devices and services. Our goal, together, is to deliver the best human presence experience into the digital world

You’ll work hands on with Mixed Reality devices like the HoloLens, Oculus 2, WMR devices and cloud services like Microsoft Mesh, writing code for capturing data, building 3d visualizations, working on cloud storage, distributed compute pipelines and even robotics. In this role, you’ll see a direct link between your work, product growth, and user satisfaction, making science fiction, science fact.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Design and build Microsoft Mesh’s platform – End to End

Implement and design innovative solutions to improve the human presence experience for all Microsoft Mesh scenarios against 1st and 3rd party Metaverses

Lead cross team workgroups through technical leadership and code to influence product direction.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

7+ years of professional development experience

7+ years of experience in (one of) C/C++/C#

5+ years of experience building high-scale services

Preferred Qualifications

10+ years of professional development experience

Experience building RESTful services

Experience with Kubernetes, Linux and Azure technologies

Experience with realtime media

Demonstrated ability to work across teams

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

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.

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