Software Engineering Cross-Platform Development

Microsoft•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

As a critical part of Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more, the Babylon.js team focuses on bringing more performance, new features, and greater reach to Microsoft Web and Native Applications, through accelerated, open-source, web graphics platforms. We are a diverse team, passionate about unlocking the GPU for development teams everywhere. We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer with rich experience in cross-platform graphics stacks and development. We are looking for someone who is excited about building open-source software and nurturing, encouraging, and helping the open-source community built around it. We flourish by hiring talented minds who push themselves and their work in a highly collaborative environment of complex problem solving and innovation. Qualified individuals are strong self-driven engineers, capable of nurturing, inspiring, and teaching other developers, in an effort to help them to create robust products and technology solutions to bring their visions to life. You are passionate about collaborative problem solving, an effective communicator, and maintain a “team-first” perspective. You are driven to unlock new superpowers for web developers everywhere through the open-source community and open standards. You are a skilled tactical and strategic thinker and innovator, and you shine when taking on hard challenges. You have a strong bias for action, the initiative to take measured risks, and know when to pivot your approach. You are passionate about continually learning and teaching, and passionate about building open-source software and community. Our dreams are big, bold, and exciting as we are building one of the most powerful, beautiful, simple, and open rendering platforms on the planet…and we want you as a key part of it! 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

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
4+ years experience developing with Babylon.js platform technologies (web/native).
7+ years experience with popular game engines such as Unity and/or Unreal
5+ years experience developing with WebGL/WebGPU.
5+ years experience working on both web and native technology stacks.
2+ years experience building for mobile or other resource constrained devices.

Responsibilities

You will help build and maintain the Babylon Native technology stack, that allows developers to run Babylon.js code on Native graphics platforms (Metal, Vulkan, DirectX, etc)
You will play a daily role in answering questions and solving bugs on the Babylon Community Forum.
You will help build the foundation of Babylon Native technologies while also adding features and improvements that help partner teams achieve their goals.
You will work across organizations, partnering with product leaders to align missions and work together to invent future GPU-driven experiences.
You will be a master of clear communication, driving alignment of stakeholders, and inspiring others to help us accomplish our ambitious goals.
You will manage the balance of HIGH-quality code and shipping features to Babylon.js developers and Microsoft users across the world.
You will help establish patterns and practices to maintain sustainable code bases and engineering processes.
You will directly and significantly contribute to the design and implementation of products and tools to help position the GPU as an easily accessible resource to make products faster and better.
You will maintain a flexible and agile working style and excel in a dynamic collaborative environment.
You will proactively support your peers and contribute to and celebrate their success.
You will interact with a fully remote, international team on a daily basis.
You will work hard and laugh hard.
You will be the first to admit when you’re wrong, and the first to lean on others for help.