Senior Software Engineer – Continuous Integration - Xbox Graphics

The Xbox Graphics team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Continuous Integration - Xbox Graphics team mate to create and maintain state-of-the-art continuous integration systems to deliver device drivers and other technologies to our family of gaming customers. In this role you will be responsible for source control, automated build, quality validation, and deployment infrastructure that runs dependably and autonomously. This is a unique position because while some infrastructure already exists, you will have the opportunity to design and deploy new critical systems from the ground up using industry standard technology.

Our diverse team works at the intersection of hardware and software to provide industry-leading game development technology. Joining our team means you will be defining the future of graphics and game development. If making important industry-advancing contributions sounds like fun (we think so), then we want to talk to you!

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.

• 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, Powershell, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience working with continuous integration technologies and systems such as Visual Studio, Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, Bitbucket, GitHub, Git, Perforce, Subversion, CMake, TAEF, or GoogleTest.
• 4+ years experience developing, testing, and/or deploying device drivers.

Other Requirements:

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 sceenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

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

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

  o OR Master'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.

• 6+ years of experience working with continuous integration technologies and systems including but not limited to Visual Studio, Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, GitHub, Git, CMake, TAEF, and GoogleTest.
• Deep knowledge and hands on experience with continuous integrations systems including build, validation, and deployment.
• Proven track record of creating and maintaining highly reliable mission critical continuous integration systems.
• Proficient communication/customer interfacing skills and the ability to deal with ambiguity and prioritize issues.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $108,100 - CAD $199,700 per year.

Find additional pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 31, 2024

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. 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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• Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine requirements.
• Builds, enhances, reuses, contributes to, and identifies new software developer tools to support other programs and applications to create, debug, and maintain code for products. Uses open source when possible.
• Considers and drives comprehensive application of automation within production and deployment of a product. Runs code in simulated or other non-production environments to confirm functionality and error-free runtime for products. Defines and develops standardized, repeatable, scalable solutions to guarantee quality.
• Drives efforts to ensure the correct processes are followed to achieve a high degree of security, privacy, safety, and accessibility. Creates and assures the presence of visible evidence to demonstrate compliance for products. Develops and maintains a deep understanding of the implications of onboarding new technologies following expectations of compliance at Microsoft.
• Supports other developers using continuous integration systems including but not limited to documenting best practices and instructing others on how to use systems and providing guidance for trouble shooting build or infrastructure problems.
• Ensures continuous integration systems run reliably within established tolerances with minimal manual human interaction. This will be accomplished in a variety of ways including active and passive monitoring and proactively measuring and improving system performance, reliability, and robustness.

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