Software Engineer II Windows in Cloud

As a Software Engineer II on Windows App you will work on important areas of the native Windows client from implementation validation release and live-site support. You will work across application platform and service boundaries to make remote Windows experiences feel secure responsive dependable and deeply integrated with the operating system.

You will join a collaborative fast-moving team that values technical depth customer focus engineering craftsmanship and end-to-end ownership. You will also help other engineers grow through design guidance code reviews debugging support and mentoring.

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• Design implement and ship native Windows client features using modern C C# and integrate deeply with Win32 WinRT COM Windows services and operating-system APIs.
• Work on Windows App scenarios across resource discovery connection setup authentication OS integration reliability and performance.
• Develop secure scalable and maintainable components that span processes threads services client applications and cloud-backed experiences.
• Diagnose complex problems using debuggers dumps traces logs and telemetry including issues involving concurrency memory networking latency and operating-system integration.
• Partner with Windows Windows 365 Azure Virtual Desktop identity security design and product teams to deliver coherent end-to-end customer experiences.

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors 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#
  • OR equivalent experience.

Additional or preferred qualifications

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:

• Production experience designing implementing debugging and shipping software in modern C and C# is also valuable.
• Experience building native Windows applications platform components services or other systems-level software.
• Solid software design debugging problem-solving and performance-analysis skills.
• Knowledge of Windows systems technologies such as Win32 WinRT COM RPC Windows services inter-process communication and core Windows APIs.
• Experience debugging multi-process multi-threaded performance-critical native code including memory concurrency latency and reliability issues.
• Experience with Windows App SDK WinUI XAML WebView2 MSIX or related Windows client technologies.
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly to improve development testing or debugging workflows.

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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102100 - $202200 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 $133800 - $219200 per year.

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position will be open for a minimum of 5 days with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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