Senior Software Engineer - C/C++

Overview

Would you like the satisfaction that comes with keeping every person and organization on the planet protected and productive each month through delivering high quality Windows updates Do you want to explore and discover your full engineering potential Do you enjoy working in a high performing diverse team with comradery and passion for development If you answered yes, Windows Servicing and Delivery is the place for you. 

We are the Windows Servicing and Delivery (WSD) organization. We deliver updates to every Windows-based device in the world to protect users and enable them to be productive. While Security remains our primary focus, we also enable our commercial and enterprise customers by enabling new device support, addressing reliability and upgrade blocking issues. Our work is critical for the Windows family of devices, SurfaceHub, Azure and more. We are an agile team and ship twice every month, impacting over a billion Windows devices in the ecosystem. You will collaborate with your teammates in IDC, and your partner teams in Ireland and Redmond, Washington, USA.

Our Customer Focused Engineering (CFE) team is looking for highly motivated Software Engineers to help us in this mission. You will play a key role in extending and modifying Windows Operating system code for keeping our customer base secure, improving the reliability of the platform, addressing customer reported issues, and developing features to light up new scenarios and devices in the Windows ecosystem (PCs, Phones, Servers, SurfaceHub, Azure and more). You would get to work in some of the core components of the Windows Operating System ranging from Shell, Graphics, Multimedia, Networking stack, Kernel, Hypervisor, Security layer, to several Server components including AD, Cluster, Storage etc.

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.

Qualifications

Required 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.
• Proven design and problem-solving skills, with an emphasis on quality and engineering excellence.
• The ability to work well in a diverse, global, team-focused environment.
• Ability to understand unfamiliar code bases, and debug server-side, multi-threaded, and highly scalable applications.
• Experience in working with Windows system level programming is desirable.
• Demonstrated results working with a global team.
• Experience with agile/scrum methodologies.
• Overall understanding of Azure/Cloud infrastructure is desirable.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science OR related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, OR Python
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• Proven communication skills, both verbal and written.

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Responsibilities

• Develop features to support the enterprise and security scenarios in Windows.
• Reproduce, debug and fix customer-reported problems.
• Craft high-quality, bug-free fixes with minimum application compatibility risk.
• Add new features in Windows.
• Prioritize your collection of work and delivering fixes in a timely fashion to meet deadlines.
• Collaborate with escalation engineers and other partner teams across Microsoft to debug, develop, test and ship updates.
• Find ways to improve products, tools, and processes for long-term benefit for Microsoft and customers.
• Mentor junior engineers in the team.