Senior Software Engineer - Xbox Graphics

Microsoft

2h

About The Position

The Xbox Graphics Team is on the lookout for a Senior Software Engineer eager to push the boundaries of state-of-the-art graphics systems, engineering systems, and device drivers. Our dynamic and diverse team operates at the cutting edgeof hardware and software, delivering industry-leading game development technology. By collaborating closely with hardware engineers and top-tier game developers, we are shaping the future of graphics and game development.
The Xbox Graphics team is part of the broader CoreOS team. In Core OS, we are responsible for the Operating Systems that power Azure, Microsoft's Linux OS, the platforms for Windows Client, 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!
If you thrive on making significant contributions to graphics drivers, GPU architecture, and engineering systems, and find joy in tackling complex challenges (we certainly do), then we want to hear from you!
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.

Requirements

• 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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working at low levels of software stack, device driver development, engineering systems, and/or integration of hardware and software.
• Proficiency in C and C++ programming with a focus on optimizing for defined performance metrics.
• Knowledge of 3D rendering APIs such as DirectX and Vulkan.
• Understanding of GPU and NPU architectures and operational principles.
• Experience working with Windows or Linux operating systems.
• Experience with the game development lifecycle, including design, implementation, and testing phases.
• Knowledge of hardware design processes, bring-up, and product release workflows.

Responsibilities

• Leads by example within the team by producing extensible, maintainable, and testable code. Optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI). Applies appropriate coding patterns and best practices.
• Leads discussions for the architecture and creates proposals for architecture by testing design hypotheses and helping to refine code plans. Provides feedback, proposed solutions, to peers. Owns architecting of solutions, with minimal technical oversight. Assures system architecture meets security and compliance requirements and expectations.
• Independently creates a clear and articulated plan for testing and assuring quality of solutions. Drives efforts to add new tests, remove antiquated tests, and aggregate tests to improve the test suite.
• Applies debugging tools and examines logs, telemetry, and other methods to verify assumptions through writing and developing code proactively before issues occur and reactively as issues occur for products. Conducts retrospective debugging of solutions to identify root causes of problems.
• Maintains communication with key partners across the Microsoft ecosystem of engineers. Acts as a key contact for leadership to ensure alignment with partners' expectations.
• Collaborates with game development partners to identify critical feature and performance needs, influencing design decisions and ensuring robust, scalable solutions.
• Identifies and prioritizes critical driver and tooling requirements, influencing architecture and ensuring robust, scalable implementations that elevate developer productivity and platform performance.
• Embodies our culture and values.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees