Software Engineer

• Develops the next generation of cloud streaming technology for VDI experiences.
• Designs, implements, and evolves new tools and techniques to analyze and improve the visual quality and responsiveness of cloud streaming.
• 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 performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
• Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.
• 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.
• 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 while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages with a focus in C++ specifically where C# Java, or Python would be advantageous.
  
  • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing, debugging, profiling, and optimizing code on different hardware platforms running the Windows operating system.
• OS networking stacks (on any OS).
• Video codecs and low-latency, high-throughput video encoding/decoding.
• Machine Learning and its application in networking and/or video/audio.
• Solid C++ development and debugging skills.
• A proven ability to work in a team environment on a shared code base.

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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across Germany is € 71,700.00 - € 121,100.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/germany-corporate-pay.html

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.