Principal Machine Learning Engineer jobs at Microsoft in India, Hyderabad

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages in, C or C++
• Proven design and problem-solving skills, with an emphasis on quality and engineering excellence.
  
• Proven communication skills, both verbal and written.
  
• The ability to work well in a diverse, global, team-focused environment.
• Experience in kernel-mode & user-mode driver development and strong knowledge of C/C++ programming languages.
  
• Ability to understand unfamiliar code bases, and debug multi-threaded, and highly scalable applications.
  
• Experience in working with Windows system level programming and developing device drivers.
  
• Familiarity with windows debugging.

Other Requirements:

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with debugging tools such as WinDbg and familiarity with crash dump analysis.
  
• Familiarity with Windows Driver Model (WDM), Windows Driver Framework (WDF), and Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF).
  
• Knowledge of Windows internals and experience with Windows hardware certification process is a plus.
  
• Knowledge of UEFI and ACPI is an advantage.
  
• Understanding of hardware communication protocols, interrupt handling, and device I/O concepts or Multimedia / Graphics.
• Experience with debugging tools such as WinDbg and familiarity with crash dump analysis.
• Familiarity with Windows Driver Model (WDM), Windows Driver Framework (WDF), and Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF).
  
• Knowledge of Windows internals and experience with Windows hardware certification process is a plus.
  
• Knowledge of UEFI and ACPI is an advantage.
  
• Understanding of hardware communication protocols, interrupt handling, and device I/O concepts or Multimedia / Graphics.

• Fixing externally and internally found security vulnerabilities and all the potential variants.
• Analyzing, debug, and troubleshoot driver-related issues, including performance optimization, system crashes, and compatibility problems.
• Crafting high-quality, bug-free fixes with minimum application compatibility risk.
• Implementing driver enhancements and updates to support new features and technologies introduced in the Windows environment.
• Participate in code reviews and collaborate with peers to ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to coding standards.
• Collaborating with escalation engineers and other partner teams across Microsoft to debug, develop, test and ship updates.
• Finding ways to improve products, tools, and processes for long-term benefit for Microsoft and customers.
• Mentoring junior engineers in the team.