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Software Engineer II

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Job Description

Overview

Join the Windows Print team within Microsoft's Windows & Devices organization as we continue evolving the modern Windows Print and Scan stack, built on industry standards and a secure print platform foundation. This next phase focuses on expanding partner adoption, enabling richer customization scenarios, and delivering reliable, secure, and increasingly intelligent print and scan experiences at global scale.

Printing and scanning remain missioncritical across enterprise, education, healthcare, and government environments. In this role, you'll work at the intersection of Windows OS internals, cloudconnected services, security standards, and a broad partner ecosystem, contributing to AIenhanced experiences that improve reliability, productivity, and endtoend document workflows for millions of users worldwide.

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

  • Own, design and maintain features in the modern Windows Print and Scan stack.
  • Write effective, testable, and maintainable code with a focus on quality, reliability, and security.
  • Use AIassisted development tools to improve productivity, code quality, and diagnosability.
  • Participate in feature design discussions, technical reviews, and code reviews with senior engineers.
  • Define and execute test strategies to validate functional correctness, reliability, and security.
  • Use logging, telemetry, and diagnostics to validate assumptions and troubleshoot issues.
  • Apply secure engineering practices and follow privacy and compliance requirements.
  • Collaborate with partner teams across Windows, cloud services, and printer/scanner vendors.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages in C, C++ or equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience building, debugging, and maintaining productionquality code.
  • Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and operating system concepts.
  • Experience writing testable code and working effectively in a collaborative development environment.

Other Requirements: 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 Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Strong experience coding in C and/or C++ for productionquality systems
  • Experience with Windows OS internals, system services, or lowlevel platform components.
  • Familiarity with cloudconnected services.
  • Exposure to security hardening, diagnosability, and reliability engineering practices.
  • Growth mindset with interest in learning new technologies, including AIenabled engineering and product experiences.

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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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