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The Windows Engineering System is the backbone that lets Windows engineers design, code, build, validate, and ship at massive scale, securely and with high quality.\nThe CodeFlow and Ownership team in Windows Engineering System builds and operates scalable services and tools that empower engineers to move Windows code from development to delivery efficiently, securely, and with high quality. We also have source code and binary ownership capabilities, helping establish clear accountability and route issues to the right teams for faster resolution. Our services integrate across the Windows engineering ecosystem to connect workflows, improve quality and developer productivity. We closely partner with product and engineering systems teams, we solve complex engineering challenges, strengthen reliability, and accelerate the delivery of value to customers. We are also building agentic experiences that simplify code flow, reduce manual effort, and help engineers deliver changes with greater speed and confidence.\nWe are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who combines deep technical judgment with practical execution. In this role, you will lead significant improvements to architecture, reliability, security, and developer productivity while helping the team evolve a complex platform without disrupting the products that depend on it.\nThis role is a solid fit for an engineer who enjoys understanding systems end to end, turning ambiguous problems into durable technical plans, and aligning partners around changes that improve engineering at scale. You will remain hands-on while influencing architecture, designs, mentoring engineers, and driving multi-team initiatives from investigation through measurable production results.\nYou will join a collaborative team that values engineering fundamentals, curiosity, inclusive design, thoughtful modernization, and learning from production. Team members support one another through design and code reviews, mentoring, incident response, and shared ownership of outcomes. Success in this role means creating clear technical direction that partners understand and support; shipping complex platform improvements incrementally with measurable gains and controlled risk; reducing recurring operational problems through durable engineering fixes; and helping engineers improve their design quality, debugging depth, and ability to lead.\nMicrosoft’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.\nResponsibilities\nLead the design and delivery of multi-quarter initiatives that modernize code flow tools, services, and workflows. \nSet technical direction for improvements to platform reliability, performance, security, maintainability, and developer experience. \nDiagnose and troubleshoot complex failures with services and dependencies, driving root-cause fixes rather than recurring mitigations. \nPartner with product teams and Engineering System organizations to integrate new workflows while protecting compatibility, scale, and operational continuity. \nEstablish measurable success criteria, telemetry, and operational signals that make regressions and customer impact visible. \nUse and improve AI-assisted engineering workflows for investigation, implementation, review, and operational response while maintaining solid validation and engineering judgment. \nMentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, debugging, and project leadership, raising the technical capability of the broader team. \nLead incident response for high impact failures and convert operational learning into systemic reliability improvements. \nQualifications\nRequired/Minimum Qualifications:\nBachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.OR equivalent experience.\n\nAdditional or preferred qualifications\nOther 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:\nMicrosoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. \nPreferred Qualifications:\nMaster’s degree in computer science or a related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience; or Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience; or equivalent experience. \nExperience with developer infrastructure, Azure, CI/CD platforms, or large-scale distributed services. \nHands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Azure App Services, GitHub, or similar CI/CD automation. \nExperience with Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure. \nExperience with large-scale telemetry and query systems such as Kusto/KQL, Azure Data Explorer, Application Insights, or similar technologies for diagnosing service and pipeline health. \nTrack record of measurably improving engineering-system throughput, reliability, cost efficiency, or developer productivity for a large engineering organization. \nExperience mentoring engineers and creating clarity across ambiguous, multi-stakeholder efforts. \nExperience applying AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve engineering quality and productivity. \nExperience designing, building, and operating software used by multiple teams or at significant scale. \nDemonstrated success leading technically complex projects across team or organizational boundaries. \nSolid debugging and systems problem-solving skills across unfamiliar codebases and layered infrastructure.\nAbility to communicate technical strategy, tradeoffs, risks, and decisions clearly to engineering and partner audiences. \n#W+DJOBS\nSoftware Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 per year.\nCertain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:\nhttps://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nMicrosoft 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. 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