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Senior Software Engineer – Windows Silicon and Hardware Enablement

Microsoft Innovation Center
Mountain View, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/16/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/16/2025
Overview

The Windows Silicon & Systems Integration team (WSSI) team is on a journey to create new experiences on the Windows platform. A fundamental part of our strategy is having desirable and powerful devices that enable the experiences people want. Creating these new experiences and devices involves close partnership between hardware engineers, software engineers, designers, manufacturing along with the various industry partners that closely collaborate to create industry defining firsts. 

WSSI is seeking a Senior Software Engineer who will work on creating software drivers and services that light up new AI experiences on next-gen hardware products. These AI experiences will shape how computers and other devices perceive the user and the user’s environment, and many will be centered around audio, camera, media and graphics. On this team, you will work closely with several research and product teams to bring compelling new experiences to market. In addition to developing kernel and user-mode drivers, you will have the unique opportunity to work across teams to analyze and fix performance bottlenecks throughout the AI stack.  

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

  • Leads technical discussions on the architecture of Graphics and AI user-mode and kernel-mode drivers.
  • Leads by example within the team by producing extensible, maintainable, and efficient code.
  • Reviews other team members’ code to ensure it meets the team’s and Microsoft’s quality standards.
  • Analyzes and fixes performance bottlenecks using available tools.
  • Builds a realistic work schedule for their areas of ownership and provides regular status updates to leadership and dependent teams.
  • Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required 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 , C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 2 years experience developing drivers for Windows, Linux, RTOS or similar systems.
  • 2 years industry experience coding and debugging with C or C .
  • Experience with software architecture and design.
Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor'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 equivalent experience.
  • System level power and performance analysis and strong OS fundamentals.
  • Familiarity with ML and graphics APIs such as DirectML, DirectX, Vulkan, or OpenGL .
  • Experience with workload tracing tools such as GPUView.
  • Experience with performance analysis tools such as ARM Development Studio and Snapdragon Profiler.
  • Ability to quickly ramp-up on complex and unfamiliar codebase, and work across multiple teams to drive code quality and performance.
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 17, 2025.

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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