Job Description

We are part of the Microsoft Mixed Reality Experiences Team, where we build amazing next generation experiences that blend the physical and digital world, to unlock the next evolution in human computer and environment interaction, unlocking what before was restricted to only our imaginations.

As a Principal Software Engineering Lead in the Mixed Reality Experiences team, you will create immersive, collaborative experiences that will revolutionize interactions between the end user and their devices. These experiences will empower users to seamlessly transition between the physical and the digital world and access relevant information in a manner that is more human in nature. The experiences we develop follow a human-centered design approach and we hope to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more together.

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! We are a fun, creative, and diverse team that celebrates and embraces our differences, and we’d love to get to know YOU!

Responsibilities

• Define the engineering strategy for the team both from a technical and a business front.
• Manage and lead a rapidly growing team of amazing and proficient software engineers.
• Partner with an industry-leading team of Engineers, Artists, Designers and Producers to deliver high-quality holographic experiences and code components that power our services and SDKs.
• Work with state-of-the-art next generation hardware (HMDs, sensors) and software.
• Incorporate the latest Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Computer Vision capabilities into the design of our Products and Services.
• Contribute to the organizations’ priority initiatives including talent hiring, diversity and inclusion, people growth and development
  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 7 years' of professional software design and development experience
• Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience as a technical lead and people manager.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience with Unity, Unreal or related game engines.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Augmented, Virtual and/or Mixed Reality
• C# and C++ coding background and proficiency in debugging across technology stacks
• Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence and/or Machine Learning
• Experience shipping high quality, scalable, networked user experiences and services
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  

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.

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