The Software Engineer II role is part of the Microsoft Windows & Devices team, focusing on delivering high-quality Windows experiences on innovative silicon platforms. The position involves collaboration with hardware engineers, software engineers, and designers to enable new hardware and software features. The candidate will contribute to silicon development, platform validation, and product enablement, ensuring robust functionality and product quality. This role emphasizes a growth mindset and collaboration to achieve shared goals.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, or Python.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in software and/or product development is preferred.
• Proven C/C++ design, coding, debugging, and testing skills are required.
• Solid communication skills, including the ability to express technical concepts clearly in verbal and written forms.
• Experience with SoC bring-up, bootloaders, platform initialization, and hardware enablement.
• Familiarity with platform technologies and peripherals including PCIe, NVMe, USB, I2C, SPI, UART, and related interfaces.
• Experience in device driver development and debugging.
• Knowledge of Windows Plug and Play architecture and device management.
• Understanding of operating system fundamentals including memory management, scheduling, interrupts, synchronization, and multithreaded programming.
• Experience with kernel debugging, crash dump analysis, hardware debugging, and JTAG-based bring-up.
• Skills in performance analysis and system-level troubleshooting.
• Experience in building scalable automation frameworks and automated test infrastructure.

• Contribute across multiple phases of silicon development, platform validation, and product enablement for Windows-based devices.
• Design, develop, and validate software solutions that support silicon bring-up, platform enablement, and feature readiness across emerging hardware platforms.
• Prototype and evaluate new hardware and software capabilities, investigate system behaviors, and drive root-cause analysis for complex issues.
• Develop and maintain automated validation frameworks, regression test suites, and supporting infrastructure to improve test coverage, scalability, and execution efficiency.
• Analyze performance, reliability, and compatibility issues across the platform stack and partner with engineering teams to drive resolution.
• Debug and enhance device drivers, platform software, and supporting system components to ensure robust functionality and product quality.
• Collaborate with architects, hardware engineers, firmware developers, operating system teams, and external silicon partners to define requirements and refine solutions.
• Contribute to the design of maintainable, modular, and reusable software components with an emphasis on quality and long-term supportability.
• Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, and validation reviews to improve engineering excellence and product outcomes.
• Work effectively in an Agile development environment, contributing to planning, implementation, testing, and continuous improvement activities.

• 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.