Microsoft Principal Software Engineering Lead – Xbox Graphics 

United States, Washington 

929916078

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, HLSL, GLSL
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years people management experience.
• 4+ years of experience working at low levels of software stack, device driver development, emulation systems, firmware, and/or integration of hardware and software.
• 4+ years of experience developing graphics, firmware, compression, or emulation systems

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR Master'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.
• 6+ years people management experience.
• 8+ years of experience working at low levels of software stack, device driver development, emulation systems, firmware, and/or integration of hardware and software.
• Knowledge and experience with graphics and GPU hardware
• Experience and knowledge in operating system development in either user-mode or kernel-mode development.
• Proficient communication/customer interfacing skills and the ability to deal with ambiguity and prioritize issues.

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• Oversees partnership with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements within and across teams for multiple solutions or product lines. Leverages a variety of feedback channels to incorporate insights into future designs or solution fixes.
• Oversees teams and provides technical leadership of design, architecture, and key technical decisions. Holds ownership of products and systems, quality, and customer satisfaction. Guides efforts and design discussions for overall system architecture of entire products/solutions that are deeply complex and often ambiguous. Enables and fosters cross-team communications and resolves conflicts between teams.
• Develops best practices for others to review debugging tools, logs, telemetry, unit and functional automated testing, and other methods, and acts as an expertise for others to verify assumptions through writing and developing code proactively before issues occur and reactively as issues occur across products and multiple teams.
• Builds and maintains impactful partnerships, driving collaboration with key partners across Microsoft ecosystem of engineers. Acts as a key contact for leadership to ensure communication with partners' expectations.

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