Senior Software Engineer Job at Microsoft Corporation (Multiple Locations)

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
Germany , Multiple Locations

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

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Job Description:

Windows Cloud Experiences is developing a best-in-class VDI solution to enable millions of customers to work with physical and virtual PCs. We have an immediate opening for a Software Engineer on the Windows Cloud Streaming, Mixed-Reality and Graphics Team. We strongly believe that shifting workloads to the cloud is the future of computing. In the Cloud Streaming and Graphics team, we are leveraging the power of Azure to enable customers to work from everywhere on even the smallest, lowest powered devices. We build key technologies for low-latency streaming, innovating in areas such as real-time graphics, network resiliency, and video codecs, and bring powerful cloud compute anywhere through products such as Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a solid C++ background and passion in some or all of the above areas to complement our team and join us on this exciting journey!

Job Responsibility:

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

Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Solid C++ development and debugging skills
A proven ability to work in a team environment on a shared code base
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Nice to have:

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

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 19, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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