Recognition Runtime team Speech Recognition Runtime
Are you excited about the prospects of speech recognition helping you in your everyday life? Do you have a passion for developing highly efficient routines, code that runs efficiently on low end consumer end devices, desktop, as well as servers? Do you like to work in an environment where you can implement new ideas as well as transfer technology from research into the product? If so, then the Speech Recognition Runtime team is the perfect place for you! Speech is a leading Natural User Interface (NUI) and being integrated into an accelerating number of Microsoft products and applications! Speech has become more accurate and its application has become more useful - especially for customer experiences in the areas of command and control, task completion, web search, and dictation. The software developed by this team powers Microsoft's cloud speech services and Windows clients such as Desktop, Xbox, and HoloLens. It serves as the core to Cortana, Speech Translation, and 3rd party apps through
Ideal candidates for this position would have strong programming and algorithm design skills, and a demonstrated ability to deliver high quality features in a highly collaborative team environment.
3+ years of software engineering experience is required Master's degree or higher in computer science, mathematics, or engineering, is desired Outstanding C/C++ coding skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills Results-oriented free thinkers with ability to socialize and drive their ideas into the technology are highly desired Cognition - Speech and Language 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 screenings:Microsoft Cloud