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.

As a member of the Microsoft Mesh team, you will be on the cutting edge of building Mixed Reality devices and services.  Our goal is to deliver the best human presence experience into the digital world. We are bringing live 3D video and avatar experiences to metaverse users. To do this we must capture and relay real-time audio and video data between users, delivering with low latency, high signal quality and high performance. We are looking for a developer who is passionate about building next generation multimedia experiences for the metaverse.

Be a part of a team that values collaboration, experimentation, and innovation. Your unique background, ideas, skills, partnered with a growth mindset are welcome in this team. 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!

You’ll work hands on with Mixed Reality devices like the HoloLens, Oculus 2, Windows Mixed Reality devices and cloud services like Microsoft Mesh. In this role, you’ll see a direct link between your work, product growth, and user satisfaction. The work on this team is highly visible and very rewarding. You’ll be making science fiction into science fact.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain code changes in multimedia networking
• Collaborate across teams to deliver solutions that solve customer problems
• Support and mentor more junior teammates
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent level of experience with algorithmic complexity
• 5+ years of professional development experience
• 3+ years of experience in C++ development
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional development experience
• Experience shipping multiple versions of client components
• Experience with media, networking and/or real-time systems
• Experience with WebRTC, audio/video synchronization, real-time communication, video or audio codecs
• Experience with Unity, Unreal, or other 3D gaming engines
  

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.

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