Microsoft

Software Engineer II

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5 days ago
Redmond, WA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$102k - $219k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own multiple Windows system features end to end, from architecture and implementation through testing, deployment, monitoring, and support.
  • Develop and maintain Task Manager and other Windows system tools, services, APIs, diagnostics infrastructure, and user-facing experiences.
  • Build capabilities for diagnosing device, application, process, performance, reliability, and resource-related issues.
  • Create maintainable, extensible, reliable, and secure production code using established coding patterns and best practices.
  • Develop test plans, define success criteria, improve test coverage, and incorporate automated testing across unit, integration, regression, accessibility, performance, and compatibility scenarios.
  • Integrate instrumentation and use telemetry, diagnostics, experimentation, dashboards, and data pipelines to understand system behavior and product quality.
  • Drive features through design, experimentation, flighting, localization, validation, deployment, and production rollout.
  • Investigate and resolve complex Windows customer-reported problems while collaborating across groups.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field and at least 2 years of technical engineering experience coding in languages including C++, or equivalent experience.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
  • Preferred: master's degree in computer science or a related technical field and at least 3 years of technical engineering experience, or bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of technical engineering experience, with C++ coding experience.
  • Experience developing or integrating AI-powered capabilities into production software is preferred within the role's focus areas.

Tech Stack

C++Windows

Categories

Microsoft

About Microsoft

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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