Software Engineer II - Windows Servicing and Delivery

Job Description

As a Software Engineer II on the Global Build (GBLD) team at Microsoft, you will design and build intelligent systems to support the latest Windows releases in the Build and Packaging pipeline.

Requirements

• Bachelor's 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#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• Experience coding in C#
• 2+ years of experience with .NET and RESTful API development
• 2+ years of experience building or maintaining services using Azure-native technologies or similar technologies

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
• Deeply understand Windows build and servicing systems—especially GBLD’s build start and code movement flows within WSD—to efficiently support the latest Windows releases
• Break down work into well‑estimated tasks, contribute to quarterly planning, and deliver via modern CI/CD with strong telemetry and observability
• Raise the bar on availability, reliability, performance, and operability at scale; design resilient, secure components and remediate vulnerabilities proactively
• Continuously learn and apply the latest AI and the Microsoft Copilot Platform technology to design agentic workflows that transform existing services into agentic, self‑optimizing systems, in partnership with teams across WSD and Windows
• Monitor retail and continuous deployment releases, rapidly diagnose and mitigate issues, and drive post‑incident learning and automation
• Embody the Microsoft culture and values

Benefits

• Employees at Microsoft are often offered comprehensive, “world-class” benefits—including health and mental-wellness programs, competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards, and retirement/savings options. Time-off and flexibility are common, with generous vacation and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, and flexible work schedules, alongside learning support, employee resource groups, product discounts, and matching-gifts/volunteering programs. Specific benefits can vary by region.