The Windows experience for billions of people worldwide needs to be shaped by delivering updates that just work, keeping every Windows device secure, reliable, and productive.
Requirements
- 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- 2+ years Industry experience with developing RESTful APIs and backend services using .NET and C.
- 2+ years Industry experience building or maintaining services using Azure technologies such as App Services, Azure Functions, Azure DevOps, Key Vault or Cosmos DB.
- Familiarity with prompt engineering and AI/LLM integration techniques.
- Experience with compilers and build systems, CI/CD, telemetry & observability, live‑site operations, and diagnosing/mitigating issues in production.
- Experience with system design, clean coding, rapid prototyping, debugging, and problem solving
- Experience with microservices, event‑driven and asynchronous workflows.
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.
- Demonstrate in-depth understanding of Windows build and servicing systems—especially GBLD’s onboarding flows within WSD—to efficiently onboard the latest Windows releases.
- Break down work into well‑estimated tasks, contribute to quarterly planning, and deliver via modern CI/CD with proficient telemetry and observability.
- Continuously improve availability, reliability, performance, and operability at scale; design resilient, secure components and proactively remediate vulnerabilities.
- Continuously learn and apply the latest AI and the Microsoft Copilot Platform to design agentic workflows that transform existing services into agentic, self‑optimizing systems, in partnership with teams across WSD and Windows.
- Monitor retail releases, rapidly diagnose and mitigate issues, and drive post‑incident learning and automation.
Other
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience
- OR equivalent experience.
- Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience
- Experience demonstrating inclusive collaboration and effective communication to work efficiently cross-team and cross-function.
