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Senior Software Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Dec 27, 2024 | |
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OverviewIn Core OS, we are responsible for the Operating Systems that power Azure, Microsoft's Linux OS, the platforms for Windows Client and Xbox, and our Windows Server ecosystem - through all of these, we support every one of our cloud businesses and billions of customers around the world. In this era of ubiquitous computing, systems software excellence has never been more important for Microsoft. High quality, high-efficiency operating systems and platform components underpin everything we do as a company, from making our systems more reliable for our customers, to increasing our competitiveness by reducing COGS, to delivering new features and capabilities to delight customers - that's all us!Accelerators like GPUs and NPUs power a vast array of important technologies, from the AI/ML advances we see every day in the headlines to streaming infrastructure, virtualizing the desktop, and rendering 3D for movies and games. Our team is responsible for the kernel components at the heart of graphics and compute device support in Windows. We drive the evolution of the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) and the Microsoft Compute Driver Model (MCDM), and we own a large breadth of functionality that enables heterogeneous compute on accelerators such as GPUs and NPUs in the Windows ecosystem. We're responsible for accelerator technologies such as scheduling, memory management, and virtualization both for cloud and client environments (including our Linux support through WSL), along with much more. Our team has partnerships with teams across Microsoft, including Azure, Xbox, and Surface and with our Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV) partners such as AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, Qualcomm and more. We are at the forefront of this field and are an active participant in evolving the role of GPUs and other compute devices in our ever-growing ecosystem.We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about OS internals, security, virtualization and heterogeneous compute technology generally, to help develop new security features that leverages device virtualization and containerization. Candidates should have good quality habits, good understanding of OS internals, debugging skills, and enjoy challenging investigations.Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
ResponsibilitiesDesign and implement new features that leverage device virtualization and containerization.Evaluate device performance in critical pathways around virtualization, containerization, scheduling and memory managementInvestigate and root cause failures in both live environment and postmortemProvide support to the team and partners as they bring their devices to market.Embody our Culture & Values | |