Job Description

In Mixed Reality, people—not devices—are at the center of everything we do. Our tech moves beyond screens and pixels, creating a new reality aimed at bringing us closer together—whether that’s scientists “meeting” on the surface of a virtual Mars or some yet undreamt-of possibility. To get there, we’re incorporating groundbreaking technologies, from the revolutionary Holographic Processing Unit to computer vision, machine learning, human-computer interaction, and more.

We’re a growing team of talented engineers, program managers and artists putting technology on a human path across all Windows devices, including Microsoft HoloLens, the Internet of Things, phones, tablets, desktops, and Xbox. Our team has people from a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, previous work histories, life experiences, and we are eager to maintain and grow that diversity. Our varied backgrounds and unique experiences enable us to be better at building the best solutions for our customers and make for dynamic and joyful collaborations with colleagues!

If you are passionate about groundbreaking Mixed Reality technology and want to work on a team dedicated to a culture of inclusion, growth mindset and collaboration, we need you!

The Mixed Reality Platform team is looking for an experienced and highly motivated software engineer to add to our team to design, implement, and validate the next generation of platforms, APIs, middleware, and tools for Mixed Reality developers. These empower first- and third-party developers to make awesome experiences with Microsoft HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality headsets. Experience with system software development, implementing 3D game engines, AR/VR/MR/XR applications or libraries, or C/C++ mobile applications would be a significant plus. Excellent written and verbal communications will be needed to achieve consensus across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement powerful, efficient, and intuitive APIs and tools for developers to create Mixed Reality applications
• Enable apps to perceive and understand human interactions, objects, space, and surfaces in the world around them
• Abstract Mixed Reality platform functionality across several device form factors though implementing APIs such as OpenXR
• Improve and maintain the codebase that powers holograms on HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality headsets
• Integrate core platform functionality with Azure services and their cross-platform SDKs
  
  

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical experience in software engineering
• Excellent technical problem-solving, design, coding and debugging skills.
• Writing performance critical code in C/C++
• A degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Operating system development experience in Windows, Linux or Android
• C/C++ experience in mobile applications
• Full OS stack experience working on a large codebase from driver to UX
  
  

Requirements

These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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