We are seeking a talented Senior Software Engineer with experience in multimedia and firmware/driver development to actively contribute toward the delivery of high quality, compelling Windows experiences on first generation silicon.
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
- Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
- Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
- Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup’s project plans, release plans, and work items.
- Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.
- Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale
- Embody our Culture and Values
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- 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++,
- OR equivalent experience.
- 1+ year practical, demonstrated experience with
- Multimedia firmware/driver development (audio, camera, video codecs)
- Debugging of hardware/firmware/software interactions
- 2+ years design and Coding skills in C/C++ .
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to communicate clearly and express to technical and leadership team about related concepts in verbal and written forms.
- Experience with firmware development and debugging, preferably relating to video codecs.
- Experience with and knowledge of Windows OS fundamentals and Windows multimedia.
- 4+ years coding in C/C++ developing firmware and/or device drivers.
- 4+ years experience working with and debugging hardware/firmware/software interactions.
- Proven track record of shipping high volume consumer devices.
Software Engineering IC4 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 – $229,200 per year.



