Microsoft Senior Software Engineer 

United States, Washington 

389205505

, you'll work on designing, implementing, and optimizing systems that handle real-time audio streams with high efficiency and low latency. You will collaborate with other teams, support existing applications, participate in on-call rotation, and enhance the platform with new features. Your expertise will help drive the success of this mission-critical system used by millions globally.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.
• Expertise in C++, with experience building high-performance, scalable systems.
• Experience with Azure (preferred), AWS, or GCP for cloud-based development and deployment.
• Hands-on experience with distributed systems programming, including protocols such as HTTP/S, WebSockets, and gRPC.
• Proficiency with Docker containers and experience working with Kubernetes for orchestration and strong experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployments.

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/Additional Qualifications

• Bachelor'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 Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Familiarity or experience with Rust for performance-critical, low-latency components.
• Experience with WebRTC, RTP, or other audio/video streaming protocols for real-time communication.
• Familiarity with VoIP, MRCP, SIP, and knowledge of data security and encryption techniques.
• Familiarity with Agile software development processes such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Focus on customers success, zero trust security and compliance
• Experience with design and implementation of enterprise-scale services
• Excellent verbal, written, and cross-team collaboration skills are essential to succeed in this role.
• A team player and collaborator, across time zones and diverse stakeholder groups
• Passion for improving software quality and engineering excellence
• Experience in developing, debugging, and supporting code in object-oriented languages and database querying languages.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until December 4, 2024.

As a senior engineer you willbe responsible forimplementing features towards a wide variety of services as well as ensuring they are built to meet enterprise quality standards and cloud scale requirements, with the result being software that is used by individuals and businesses throughout the world. In shor, you will do the following:

• Participate in the design, development, release, and maintenance of new features in the real-time audio processing platform.
• Focus on optimizing real-time audio processing, minimizing latency, and ensuring reliability at scale.

• Participate in technical discussions and bringnew ideasto the table

• Own qualityanddevopsforyour code

• Work closely with cross-functional teams, to deliver high-quality software that meets user needs.

• Thrive in a dynamic environment where priorities shift frequently, and multitasking is required.

• Author internal tools that improve the teams’ quality and productivity

• Show an eagerness to learn new technologies and approaches, contributing to continuous improvement within the team.

• Support less experienced team members in their progress and development
• Work with Cloud Native technologies and ensure efficient deployment using Docker containers and Kubernetes for orchestration and Microsoft Azure’s echo system.
• Communicate effectively in a distributed team with members across different time zones. English fluency is required.
• Live Site Support & Enhancements: Provide Livesite support: monitor live systems, investigate production issues, resolve customer incidents, perform root cause analysis, and ensure services are continually improved
  

Throughout your tasks, you will work closely with Program Managers, System Architects, and other Software Engineers to

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