In Mesh, people are at the center of everything we do. Our tech moves beyond screens and pixels, creating a new reality aimed at bringing us closer together — from remote coworkers socializing to build deeper connections to global leaders collaborating on the biggest challenges of our time and everything in-between.

We’re a team of Engineers, program managers, designers and artists with a mission to bring people together in shared immersive experiences across 2D, AR, VR and MR endpoints. Our team has people from a wide variety of work histories, identities, life experiences, and we are eager to maintain and grow that diversity. Our varied backgrounds and unique experiences enable us to be better at building the best solutions for our customers and make for dynamic and joyful collaborations with colleagues!

If you are passionate about innovation and want to work on a team dedicated to a culture of inclusion, growth mindset and collaboration, we are looking for a software engineer to join us. 

As a Principal Software Engineer in the Mesh Platform and Services team, you will work alongside product managers, research, 3D experiences and other partner teams building the next generation of cloud services and media stacks that powers immersive, real-time collaboration experiences across a variety of devices.

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

• Design, implement and support new functionality for Mesh platform.

• Support production services on a rotational, on-call basis.

• Partner with Product Management to meet immediate and longer-term business objectives.

• Provide hands-on technical leadership: architecture, design, code reviews, development, quality assurance and live site.

Embody our Culture (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) and Values (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture)

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.

• 2+ year of experience supporting live services, i.e. troubleshooting, and triaging on a rotational, on-call basis.

Other Requirements:

This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

• Experience in building and releasing distributed, high-scale cloud services on Azure, AWS or similar.

• Proficiency in building services using .NET, Docker Containers and Kubernetes.

• Experience in designing and implementing customer-facing REST API, using ASP.NET Core.

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 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 July 31, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .