Windows Cloud Experiences (WCX) is developing a best-in-class Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution to enable millions of customers to work with physical and virtual PCs. WCX is hiring a Senior Software Engineering for the Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) organization, which is recognized as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service (DaaS) for last 3 years. With momentum from customers transitioning to cloud-based solutions, Windows 365 and AVD have become a billion-dollar business and continue to experience rapid growth. At its core, Windows 365 and AVD provide customers with a modern, elastic, cloud-based Windows experience that feels like local.
Requirements
- coding in languages including, but not limited to C++
- 1+ year of experience with multi-threaded programming and debugging.
- coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C or C-Sharp
- Experience with video streaming or equivalent networking scenarios.
- Experience in Windows OS development, including system integration, security models, and performance optimization for applications.
- Familiar with C++ Standard Template Library (STL).
Responsibilities
- Create, implement, optimize, and debug code to develop streaming protocol features.
- Design and implement tools and techniques to analyze and improve the performance of cloud streaming protocol.
- Help develop and contribute to automation deployment of product features and run code in simulated or other non-production environments to confirm functionality and measure performance.
- Contribute in partnership with appropriate stakeholder to determine requirements for a feature and consider a variety of feedback to incorporate insights into designs or fixes.
- Learn and contribute to the architecture of product features and help to refine code plans under the technical leadership of others.
- Learn about and contribute to operation of live service as issues arise on a rotational, on-call basis and identify solutions and mitigations to issues impacting performance or functionality of service.
Other
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check
- Embody our culture and values.
- Growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals.
- Values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
