Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum: 4+ years; OR equivalent experience. Preferred: 8+ years with a bachelor's degree, or 6+ years with a master's degree; OR equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field; OR equivalent experience.
About the job
Designs and improves Windows remote desktop experiences, focusing on low-latency graphics and media streaming across devices, networks, and cloud-hosted desktops.
What you'll do
- Design and optimize remote desktop experiences and enhance RDP for throughput, jitter, and adaptive streaming.
- Develop real-time media pipelines using codecs such as H.264 and HEVC; integrate across Windows clients and cloud-hosted environments.
- Monitor service health, respond to incidents, and use customer feedback and telemetry to improve reliability and scalability.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience coding; OR equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Nice to have
- Experience in Windows 2D or 3D graphics, desktop remoting, or video codecs; familiarity with Windows DirectX and Windows Internals / Windows OS concepts.
- Development experience with Azure Cloud Services.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base pay); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base pay)
Tools
RDP, H.264, HEVC, C, C++, C#, Java, Azure Cloud Services
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