Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer

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4 days ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement Windows security and enterprise capabilities for client and server platforms.
  • Build foundational features involving hardware-backed security, cryptography, identity and authentication, and enterprise management.
  • Produce robust, testable, maintainable code with diagnostics and operational readiness for global deployment.
  • Partner with security and platform stakeholders to align designs with secure-by-default and compliance requirements.
  • Collaborate with Windows engineering teams in India, Redmond, and other locations to deliver shared technical roadmaps.
  • Drive end-to-end execution from requirements and design through implementation, validation, and deployment.
  • Coach and mentor engineers and contribute technical leadership in internal and external forums.
  • Use AI-assisted and agentic workflows for debugging, test generation, validation, documentation, and automation while maintaining security quality bars.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
  • Production software development experience in systems languages such as C, C++, C#, or Rust, including debugging complex systems.
  • Experience designing and developing features for large-scale, performance-sensitive systems, ideally with Windows, operating systems, or systems expertise.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud background check.
  • Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field plus 8+ years of relevant experience.
  • Preferred: experience with platform security, cryptography, identity and authentication, secure boot/TPM, device security, enterprise policy or management, or licensing and entitlement systems.
  • Preferred: track record of driving testing strategy, telemetry, reliability, and operational excellence.
  • Preferred: ability to partner across geographies and influence stakeholders across engineering, security, and program leadership.

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10,000+ employees

Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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