Software Engineer

Do you want to work on a product that touches and transforms the lives of billions of people across the globe? Do you want to work on the next set of innovations to transform it further and revolutionize it?

Microsoft is embarking on the exciting new journey to revolutionize the most beloved and popular product ‘Windows’ even further to make its experiences more modern and seamless in order to delight its users and make them even more productive and successful.

The Windows team is growing a Centre of Excellence in Microsoft, India with a broad portfolio of applications to help innovate on the next version of Windows. We are focused on building New Signature and Personalized Experiences on various Windows flavors that will make our customer onboarding much more seamless and more productive. You will get an opportunity to collaborate across multiple teams within the Windows group and across product groups within the company.

We are looking for an excellent Software Engineer who are strong in C++ and Windows application development who can take the product to customers with high quality and eye-catching features. The team is to embark on a journey to own and drive the transformation of our experiences on Windows to be simple, delightful, and new. Users interacting surface areas of anything that ships with Windows are in the purview of this team!

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

• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature.
• Supports identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product feature with oversight.
• With guidance, learns to create and implement code for a product, service, or feature reusing code as applicable.
• Assists and learns about breaking down work items into tasks and provides estimation.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) in monitoring system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions for simple problems, and recommends actions to restore system/product/service by following the playbook.
• Reviews current developments and proactively seeks new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• Experience shipping commercial software including 1+ years of experience in modern app development using XAML/WinUI and C/C++ is preferred.
• Excellent design, coding, debugging, teamwork, and communication skills.
• Passionate about craftsmanship in engineering.
• Experience with cross-group design and coordination is an advantage.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• A Customer focused innovation mindset.
  

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