Microsoft Senior Software Development Engineer Platform Firmware & Drivers 

United States, Washington 

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Required/minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years coding inC/C++developingfirmware and/or device drivers.

• 2+ years experience working with and debugging hardware/firmware interactions.

Additional or preferred qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in software and/or hardware product development.
• 6+ years experience working with and debugging hardware/firmware interactions.
• 6+ years coding inC/C++developingfirmware and/or device drivers.
• 2+ years experiencementoringengineering team members.
• Rustdesign and coding skills.

• Familiarity with the System on Chip (SOC) Hardware architecture and its impact on device and software development cycles.
• Experience with Windows driver development, debugging strategies and engineering principles, thriving on complex and unfamiliar code bases.
• Experience with Windows driver and Unified Extensible Firmware Interfaces (UEFI) and FW system optimization for Systems on a Chip (SoCs) is a plus
• A deep understanding of software lifecycle in a device development environment and the interplay between software and hardware development and schedules.
• Proven track record of shipping high volume consumer devices.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

• Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements for a scenario.
• Drives identification of areas of dependency and overlap with other teams or team members and drives coordination
• Assures system architecture meets security and compliance requirements and expectations.
• Defines and develops standardized, repeatable, scalable solutions to guarantee quality.
• Applies and extrapolates best practices to reliably build code that is based on well-established methods while also applying best practices for new code development.
• Leads by example within the team by producing extensible and maintainable code.
• Drives efforts to integrate instrumentation for gathering telemetry data on system behavior such as performance, reliability, availability, usage, and safety mechanisms.
• Shares best practices and teaches others about new tools and strategies.

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