FULL_TIME
5-10
Senior Software Engineer
11/22/2025
The Senior Software Engineer works with stakeholders to determine requirements for features and drives consensus through documented design. They are responsible for developing streaming protocol features and improving the performance of cloud streaming.
Working Hours
40 hours/week
Company Size
10,001+ employees
Language
English
Visa Sponsorship
No
About The Company
Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters.
Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.
About the Role
Works with appropriate stakeholders across teams to determine requirements for a set of features. Identifies dependencies and drives consensus across stakeholders and subject matter experts through well documented design. Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to develop streaming protocol features. Designs and implements tools and techniques to analyze and improve the performance of cloud streaming. Holds themselves and others accountable to a high bar for security and authentication aspects of the streaming protocol. Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation. Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor product feature for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and drives best practices to improve the reliability, observability, and performance of the product. Embody our culture and values. 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 3+ years industry experience with C++ development and debugging skills. Proficiency in debugging complex multithreaded scenarios. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: 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 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 equivalent experience. Experience with low-latency, high-throughput video streaming or equivalent performance sensitive scenarios. Experience in Windows OS development, including system integration, security models, and performance optimization for applications. Familiar with modern C++ concepts and Standard Template Library (STL). Knowledge of Azure services, identity and authentication (AAD).
Key Skills
CC++C#JavaJavaScriptPythonDebuggingMultithreadingCloud StreamingSecurityPerformance OptimizationWindows OS DevelopmentAzure ServicesStreaming ProtocolsSystem IntegrationStandard Template Library
Categories
TechnologySoftwareEngineering
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