Research Software Development Engineer
MicrosoftAbout the role
Our team is growing, and we have an exciting opportunity for a Research Software Development Engineeer to develop algorithms and efficient implementations for specific and general-purpose silicon on next generation devices and operating systems This is a hands-on tech role. You will have collaboration opportunities throughout the organization and will be building new stuff that really works and has millions of users.
Responsibilities
As a Research Software Development Engineer, you will:
- Collaborate with researchers and product development teams
- Design and implement highly efficient algorithms
- Measure, analyze and diagnose system performance.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
- 1+ year of experience with low level programming using C/C++
Preferred Qualifications
- Minimum 2 years of industry experience with software development.
- Bachelor degree in computer science, math, physics, machine learning/AI related field or suitable expertise and experience.
- Industry experience with image processing or other numerical programming
- Experience with image/video processing pipelines
- Experience with SIMD (NEON, SVE, SSE, AVX, HVX), shaders or ASM programming
- Experience with multi-threading
Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,300 - $182,600 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 $120,900 - $198,600 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 and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.
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.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
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