Job Description

Software Engineer II (C#/C++)

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Hyderabad, Telangana, India



Date posted

Jul 25, 2025

Job number

1846739

Work site

Up to 50% work from home

Travel

0-25

%

Role type

Individual Contributor

Profession

Software Engineering

Discipline

Software Engineering

Employment type

Full-Time

Overview

Would you like the satisfaction that comes with keeping every person and organization on the planet protected and productive each month through delivering high quality Windows updates? Do you want to explore and discover your full engineering potential? Do you enjoy working in a high performing diverse team with comradery and passion for development? If you answered "yes," Windows Servicing and Delivery Update Platform team is the place for you.

We are the Windows Servicing and Delivery (WSD) organization. We deliver updates to every Windows-based device in the world to protect users and enable them to be productive. While Security remains our primary focus, we also enable our commercial and enterprise customers by enabling new device support, addressing reliability and upgrade blocking issues. Our work is critical for the Windows family of devices, SurfaceHub, Azure and more. We are an agile team and ship twice every month, impacting over a billion Windows devices in the ecosystem. You will collaborate with your teammates in IDC, and your partner teams in Ireland and Redmond, Washington, USA.

Our

Customer Focused Engineering (CFE)

team is looking for highly motivated

Software Engineers

to help us in this mission.

You will play a key role in extending and modifying Windows Operating system code

for keeping our customer base secure, improving the reliability of the platform, addressing customer reported issues, and developing features to light up new scenarios and devices in the Windows ecosystem (PCs, Phones, Servers, SurfaceHub, Azure and more). You would get to work in some of the

core components of the Windows Operating System ranging from

Shell, Graphics, Multimedia,

Networking stack

, Kernel,

Security

layer

,

to several Server components including AD, Cluster, Storage etc

.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

3+ years of professional software development experience. Proven design and problem-solving skills, with an emphasis on quality and engineering excellence. Proven communication skills, both verbal and written. The ability to work well in a diverse, global, team-focused environment. BS in Computer Science or equivalent preferred. Experience with relevant programming skills in C#, C++ or equivalent

Preferred Qualification

Ability to understand unfamiliar code bases, and debug server-side, multi-threaded, and highly scalable applications. Experience in working with Windows system level programming and developing device drivers. Demonstrated results working with a global team. Experience with agile/scrum methodologies.

Other Requirements:

Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements that 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.

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Responsibilities

Reproducing, debugging and fixing customer-reported problems. Fixing externally and internally found security vulnerabilities and all the potential variants. Crafting high-quality, bug-free fixes with minimum application compatibility risk. Adding new features in Windows. Prioritizing your collection of work and delivering fixes in a timely fashion to meet deadlines. Collaborating with escalation engineers and other partner teams across Microsoft to debug, develop, test and ship updates. Finding ways to improve products, tools, and processes for long-term benefit for Microsoft and customers.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
?Industry leading healthcare
?Educational resources
?Discounts on products and services
?Savings and investments
?Maternity and paternity leave
?Generous time away
?Giving programs
?Opportunities to network and connect
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.