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We create secure, reliable, and high performance client experiences that bring together native Windows capabilities and cloud-powered services across devices and form factors.\nWe are looking for a senior engineer who enjoys working close to the Windows platform and can turn complex operating-system, networking, identity, and remoting challenges into polished customer experiences. This role is centered on Windows client and platform engineering, not only surface-level user interface development.\nAbout the role\nAs a Senior Software Engineer on Windows App, you will own important areas of the native Windows client from architecture through 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.\nYou 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.\nResponsibilities\nDesign, implement, and ship native Windows client features using modern C++, with C# used where appropriate, and integrate deeply with Win32, WinRT, COM, Windows services, and operating-system APIs.\nOwn Windows App scenarios across resource discovery, connection setup, authentication, OS integration, reliability, and performance.\nDevelop secure, scalable, and maintainable components that span processes, threads, services, client applications, and cloud-backed experiences.\nDiagnose complex problems using debuggers, dumps, traces, logs, and telemetry, including issues involving concurrency, memory, networking, latency, and operating-system integration.\nDrive features through the full engineering lifecycle: architecture, design, implementation, testing, deployment, experimentation, monitoring, and live-site response.\nPartner with Windows, Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, identity, security, design, and product teams to deliver coherent end-to-end customer experiences.\nRaise the engineering bar for performance, reliability, accessibility, security, testability, and long-term maintainability.\nMentor engineers, lead technical discussions, and create clarity in ambiguous or cross-team problem spaces.\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\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 related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, or C#.OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.\nOR equivalent experience.\n\nProduction experience designing, implementing, debugging, and shipping software in modern C++; experience with C# is also valuable.\nExperience building native Windows applications, platform components, services, or other systems-level software.\nStrong software design, debugging, problem-solving, and performance-analysis skills.\nDemonstrated ability to drive complex features end to end and collaborate effectively across engineering disciplines and organizations.\nClear written and verbal communication skills, s, with a record of mentoring or providing technical leadership to other engineers.\nDeep knowledge of Windows systems technologies such as Win32, WinRT, COM, RPC, Windows services, inter-process communication, and core Windows APIs.\nExperience with remote desktop, virtualization, or virtual desktop infrastructure technologies.\nExperience with networking, authentication, and identity in Windows clients, including Microsoft Entra ID, MSAL, or Web Account Manager.\nExperience debugging multi-process, multi-threaded, performance-critical native code, including memory, concurrency, latency, and reliability issues.\nExperience with Windows App SDK, WinUI, XAML, WebView2, MSIX, or related Windows client technologies.\nExperience building secure and accessible client software used at enterprise scale, supported by telemetry-driven development and live-site operations.\nExperience using AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly to improve development, testing, or debugging workflows.\n#W+DJOBS\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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