Are you passionate about building cool new devices and technologies? The Surface Team focuses on building devices that fully express the Windows vision. A fundamental part of our strategy is having desirable and powerful devices that enable the experiences people want and elicit their excitement. Creating these devices involves a close partnership between hardware and software engineers, designers, and manufacturing. We are currently building the next generation of Surface application and we want you to help us in providing powerful Surface application experiences that bring together the best of Microsoft’s capabilities!!

Responsibilities

At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We plan to achieve this mission by building best-in-class platforms and applications for Windows on Surface devices.

The Surface development team is seeking a talented software development engineer with a strong application development background and experience with API and UI development. Job responsibilities will encompass designing and coding applications, libraries and web services that bring to life new experiences and user interfaces.  You need to be a team player who works well in a collaborative environment with peers in other development disciplines, Quality and Program Management.

• Develop Application and Windows OS features for the Surface Application 
• Work closely with designers and user researchers to create and implement concepts 
• Create beautiful UI and intuitive UX that will delight users 
• Develop infrastructure within the Windows Services container that communicate with the OS for functionality
• Ensure features ship at quality through unit tests and thorough code reviews.

Qualifications

Required

At least a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related discipline, or equivalent software development experience 

Professional experience with C#, XAML, Windows internals

Experience working with Windows APIs for OS functionality

Strong knowledge of OOP concepts

Strong knowledge of Windows APIs, UI layouts via XAML

Preferred

Professional experience with C++

Experience developing with UWP applications

Experience with .NET, UWP, Win32 frameworks

Experience building and shipping Windows apps is a nice-to-have

Familiarity with Microsoft technologies is a nice-to-have 

Ability to quickly ramp-up on complex and unfamiliar code

Practical demonstrated experience working with applications and APIs

Ability to debug systemic issues across multiple layers of the software stack

Enthusiastic, motivated and self-driven

Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology

Some domestic and international travel may be necessary.

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group.

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. 

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