Software Engineer II - Windows Servicing and Delivery

You have the power to shape the Windows experience for billions of people worldwide. In Windows Servicing and Delivery (WSD), you'll help keep every Windows device secure, reliable, and productive by delivering updates that just work. You'll be part of the team that builds the intelligent infrastructure behind seamless upgrades-combining automation, AI, and user control to make Windows servicing faster, smarter, and more dependable than ever.

As a Software Engineer II on the Global Build (GBLD) team, you'll design and build intelligent systems that support the latest Windows releases in our Build and Packaging pipeline, driving automation, scalability, and speed. This role offers hands-on experience with Azure-native services-including Logic Apps, Durable Functions, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, and Azure Storage-while leveraging modern CI/CD practices. You'll harness the power of AI to transform existing workflows into AI-driven, predictive systems that optimize reliability and accelerate delivery. If you're passionate about pushing boundaries, learning cutting-edge tech, and shaping the Windows experience for billions, we'd love to have you on our team!

At Microsoft, our mission is simple yet bold: empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. You'll join a community that thrives on a growth mindset, where innovation and collaboration fuel shared success.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with stakeholders to translate user needs into clear requirements, dependencies, and technical designs for features.
• Design, implement, test, and ship features for the Windows Build systems, reusing components where appropriate to improve quality, reliability, and throughput.
• Deeply understand Windows build and servicing systems-especially GBLD's build start and code movement flows within WSD-to efficiently support the latest Windows releases.
• Break down work into well-estimated tasks, contribute to quarterly planning, and deliver via modern CI/CD with strong telemetry and observability.
• Raise the bar on availability, reliability, performance, and operability at scale; design resilient, secure components and remediate vulnerabilities proactively.
• Continuously learn and apply the latest AI and the Microsoft Copilot Platform technology to design agentic workflows that transform existing services into agentic, self-optimizing systems, in partnership with teams across WSD and Windows.
• Monitor retail and continuous deployment releases, rapidly diagnose and mitigate issues, and drive post-incident learning and automation.

Embody the Microsoft culture and values .

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience coding in C#.
• 2+ years of experience with .NET and RESTful API development.
• 2+ years of experience building or maintaining services using Azure-native technologies or similar technologies.

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:

• 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 Master's AND 2+ years, or equivalent experience; system design, clean coding, rapid prototyping, debugging, and problem solving in C/C++/C#/Java/JavaScript/Python; grasp of microservices, event-driven and asynchronous workflows.
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with compilers and build systems, CI/CD, telemetry & observability, live-site operations, and diagnosing/mitigating issues in production.
• Recent hands-on experience with generative AI and agents (e.g., Azure OpenAI, Copilot/MCP), applying AI to modernize services and implement agentic, self-optimizing workflows.
• Collaborative, inclusive teammate with a growth mindset and a track record of learning, knowledge-sharing, and uplifting team culture.

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 20, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

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