Job Description

Are you an engineer passionate about creating innovative experiences that provide equitable access to products and services at Microsoft and Windows scale of billions of users? Are you passionate about working for a company that is empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more?

Come join the Empower team in Windows to create new experiences and to build on existing legacy to bring meaningful innovation to all people, including those who have a permanent or situational disability.

The Windows, Developers and Experiences (WDX) organization is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to architect, design and develop user experiences that turn our vision into reality.

WDX works across Microsoft to demonstrate empathy and make customers happy. We strive to deliver extraordinary experiences that enable people across the spectrum of abilities to enjoy all the products and services in the Windows ecosystem. And we explore and find opportunities to deliver better experiences for everyone by extending these experiences for other users.

We, as a team, care deeply about our inclusive culture, celebrate diversity, foster an agile environment of being data-driven, experiment-driven and customer focused.

On this team, you will orchestrate and deliver software that ensures Windows is a great user experience for our customers. Some of the key areas that our team owns in Windows are: Magnifier, Color Filters, Closed Captioning, Text Cursor, Accessibility Settings experience. More details on our current features here - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows . We have ambitious plans to innovate in this space.

You will play a key role in open-minded explorations, identifying, prototyping and furthering business opportunities for Windows.

In this role, you will have a wide range of opportunities to learn, grow, impact and mentor others in the team. Responsibilities include

* demonstrating technical leadership
* designing and building experiences using the latest cutting-edge AI/ML technologies and UI technologies like XAML
* designing new APIs
* influencing the quality and maintainability of the codebase through engineering efficiency
* establishing partnerships and collaborating with various teams across the company spanning across disciplines (Program Managers, Engineers, Designers, Data).

* Proactive, self-motivated, and passionate about contributing to positive team culture.
* 6+ years of experience in architecting & developing scalable, reliable and performant system-level software in C/C++/Java
* Strategic thinker who can identify inclusive engineering opportunities across multiple business groups, independently drive alignment and execute action plans that bring focus and synergy
* Strong design, coding, problem solving, analytical and communication skills.
* Strong collaborator, willingness to learn, passion for delightful user experiences.
* Bachelor's or master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, OR equivalent industry experience

Preferred Qualifications

* Experience developing Natural User Interfaces that leverage artificial intelligence.
* 2+ years experience in technical leadership in driving engineering roadmaps, leading v-teams, mentoring and helping others grow technically.
* Experience with Assistive Technologies is a plus

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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