Microsoft Teams product is the hub for teamwork, giving everyone in the team instant access to everything they need right in Microsoft 365. Microsoft Teams keeps all your content, tools, people, and conversations together in one place. It is the fastest growing product in Microsoft history and is growing even more rapidly given the urgent need for remote learning, communication, and collaboration. As the world is challenged by isolation and social distancing protocols, individuals and organizations increasingly rely on digital means to connect to the world.

As a core part of Teams, the Real-Time Media Experience team is responsible for building intelligent and high-quality calling and meeting experiences. We are looking for engineers in different career stages with a humble mind, strong coding and problem-solving skills, and who are eager to learn new knowledge and excited to take on new challenges.

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.

Responsibilities

• Design and implementation of audio services for use in real-time communications.

• Build reliable cross-platform code for audio device handling and streaming.

• Experiment and innovation on new technologies to continually improve reliability of audio flow.

• Work across the product lifecycle from prototyping proof-of-concepts to shipping production-grade code optimized for CPU and memory.

• Contribute towards building our intellectual property portfolio.

• Collaborate with other engineering and research teams across the company.

Qualifications

• 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

• OR equivalent experience.

• Experience with developing audio processing or real-time communication applications.

• Experience with multi-process environment and communication.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Audio pre and post processing algorithms.

• Experience with audio DSP fundamentals, experience withprogrammable DSPs used for system-on-chip solutions.

• Solid debugging skills and strong analytical, logical, and reasoning skills.

• Solid communication skills and ability to work with a cross-functional and geographically diverse team.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .