Software Engineer

The Kernel Core team within the Core OS division work on the fundamental building blocks of the Windows kernel. The team works on allowing the scheduler to deliver great performance the scales down to client hybrid cores and all the way up to multi-socket server machines with hundreds of cores. We enable new security features such as protecting control flow with hardware stack protection. We also maintain and develop such components as the Windows registry, a variety of high performance synchronization primitives, and the Windows timers infrastructure.

In Core OS, we are responsible for the Operating Systems that power Azure, Microsoft’s Linux OS, the platforms for Windows Client and 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!

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.

Responsibilities

• Writes and tests reliable, fast, and scalable kernel features.
• Collaborates with partners throughout Microsoft to design kernel interfaces to make our kernel the best possible home for Azure, Office, Xbox, and server workloads.
• Works with processor and hardware vendors to teach the kernel to leverage new hardware features.
• Diagnoses and debugs problems ranging from end user performance issues to Azure host reliability bugs while mastering our full array of debugging and performance analysis tools.
• Contributes to the kernel team’s culture of learning, personal growth, and engineering excellence.

Qualifications

Required Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python,
  • OR equivalent experience.
  
  
• Experience with Operating Systems concepts like memory management, scheduling, multi-threaded programming, and high-performance synchronization primitives.
• Experience developing, testing, and debugging low-level systems code in C and C++.
• Experience working with Windows Operating System internals, preferably the Memory Management area using the C language.

Other Requirement

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.

Preferred Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python,
  • OR Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python,
  • OR equivalent experience.
  
  
• 1+ years experience developing, testing, and debugging low-level systems code in C and C++.
• 1+ years experience working with Windows Operating System internals, preferably the Memory Management area using the C language.

Software Engineering IC2 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $81,900 – $160,200 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 $105,600 – $174,600 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 for the role until May 5, 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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