Staff Windows Developer - Debugger - Remote
$159,600 - $239,400 USD yearly
Originally posted 2 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves developing key features for Windows on Snapdragon products as part of an Agile Scrum Team. The position focuses on the end-to-end lifecycle of Windows-on-Snapdragon product lines.
What you'll do
- Gather requirements, design, and develop key features on Windows on Snapdragon products.
- Coordinate with internal and external teams to bring up, support, triage, and unblock issues on Qualcomm chipsets.
- Apply strong software development skills to the product lifecycle.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience, OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience, OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python.
- Embedded Windows software programming skills.
- Solid understanding of Operating System concepts.
- Windows kernel debug and development experience.
- Strong understanding of C/C++, Shell Scripting or Python skills and hands-on experience on debugging ARM or other SoC embedded systems.
Nice to have
- Master's Degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
- C/C++ programming.
- Windows OS internals knowledge and experience.
- Device driver programming and debugging with WinDbg, JTAG.
- Processor architecture and cache subsystem.
- Experience with PC software - System BIOS, UEFI, ACPI, Drivers, Applications.
- ARM assembly.
- Windows OS (Kernel architecture, OS services, heap, memory, multi-core, multi-threading, and crash debugging).
- Knowledge of OS/system performance profiling and optimization techniques.
- Working experience with QEMU modeling and debug.
Skills: Windows kernel, device driver, debugger, C/C++, ARM SoC
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 60-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
677
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Median days open
60 d
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Median salary
$213k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (677 roles · 73 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 158 | 677 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 686 | 5917 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 69 d | 60 d (+9 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $213k |
Skills observed across this category: Windows kernel, device driver, debugger, C/C++, ARM SoC
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 154 open roles · median 71 d
- NVIDIA · 136 open roles · median 50 d
- AMD · 60 open roles · median 58 d
- Mobileye · 27 open roles · median 66 d
- Broadcom · 24 open roles · median 38 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 100 d
How we counted: 677 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 73 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 3 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.