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Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer

United States, Washington, Redmond · Senior

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About the role

  • We are investing in Rust as a first-class systems language for driver development, and we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with deep Rust expertise to contribute to and help shape that transition.
  • You will start in the Windows Driver in Rust (WDR / windows-drivers-rs / WDK) space, hardening our Rust driver foundations, patterns, and tooling, and grow into tackling other subsystems as the charter expands.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and ship Windows drivers in Rust, both kernel-mode and user-mode, using and advancing the windows-drivers-rs (WDR) framework, WDF/KMDF/UMDF interop, and safe abstractions over native Windows APIs, applying and extrapolating best practices to reliably build code, following well-established methods while applying best practices for new code development.
  • Apply AI-native development practices by independently using appropriate AI tools and practices across the software development lifecycle in a disciplined manner, taking responsibility for the content of AI-generated designs, code, and other assets, and helping other engineers do the same.
  • Lead discussions for, and own, driver architecture and design decisions with minimal technical oversight, creating proposals and complex design specifications for Rust driver architecture, developing design documents, defining memory-safety boundaries and FFI/interop with existing C/C++ drivers, and ensuring the architecture meets security, performance, and compliance requirements.
  • Drive quality and test automation by independently creating clear plans for testing and assuring quality, adding new tests, removing antiquated tests, and aggregating tests to improve the test suite, continually integrating automation into testing, and applying metrics to drive the quality and stability of code.
  • Own complex debugging and retrospective root-cause analysis: kernel debugging, crash / memory-dump analysis (WinDbg), and ETW/tracing across driver, firmware, and hardware boundaries to identify root causes of problems.
  • Partner on hardware/software co-design by collaborating with electrical, system, firmware, and architecture teams (and IHV/OEM partners) to determine requirements and define features for high-volume consumer products.
  • Share learnings and strengthen the team by sharing investigation findings and Rust systems/driver patterns with the team, participating in code reviews, providing constructive feedback, contributing to a solid review culture, and maintaining communication with key partners across the Microsoft ecosystem of engineers.
  • As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals.

Requirements

  • 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, or Python.

Nice to have

  • OR equivalent experience.
  • Experience with the windows-drivers-rs (WDR) / Windows Driver Kit and WDM/WDF/KMDF/UMDF driver models.
  • Experience using AI-assisted development tools and practices across the software development lifecycle.
  • Working knowledge of OS primitives: memory management, scheduling, interrupts, threading, and ACPI.
  • Proven ability to land safe, cross-cutting changes in large, complex, unfamiliar codebases while preserving correctness and performance.
  • Experience reviewing HW schematics and a solid understanding of the software lifecycle in a device-development environment.
  • Contributions to Rust OSS or other systems / driver open-source projects.
  • Hands-on experience with kernel debugging and memory-dump analysis (WinDbg, ETW/trace).

Skills

  • Central to this mission is the security, reliability, and performance of the low-level software that brings our devices to life.
  • Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Compensation

  • $120k-$235k

Company info

  • Organize work into an actionable roadmap by breaking work into smaller sets of tasks as part of an overall roadmap, and alerting stakeholders as to status, initiating actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems as appropriate.
  • Microsoft Surface Devices is on a mission to deliver iconic end-to-end products across hardware, software, and services that people trust and rely on every day.
  • 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.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer.
  • If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the

Visa & Work Authorization

  • 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
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