Windows Platform/Endpoint Software Engineer
First seen by Alion on Aug 27, 2026.
We are looking for a strong Windows Platform/Endpoint Software Engineer with hands-on experience in C#/.NET, C++, Windows Internals, Windows Services, device telemetry, enterprise networking, and AWS. The role involves developing Windows-based agents and services for device health, inventory, performance monitoring, diagnostics, and cloud telemetry.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain Windows Services, background processes, agents, and desktop applications.
- Build components for collecting device health, inventory, performance, and system telemetry.
- Develop scalable integrations with cloud-based telemetry and analytics platforms.
- Design and maintain plugin-based and modular software architectures.
- Troubleshoot production issues including application crashes, logs, and deployment failures.
- Support enterprise software deployments, upgrades, and update mechanisms.
- Develop secure solutions for enterprise Windows environments.
- Contribute to AI-enabled diagnostics, automation, and agent workflows.
- Collaborate with Product, Cloud, Platform, Security, and Development teams.
Required Skills:
- Strong knowledge of Windows Internals, Windows Services, and background applications.
- Hands-on experience with Windows Registry, WMI, Event Logs, Performance Counters, and system diagnostics.
- Experience with Active Directory and domain-joined Windows devices.
- Strong hands-on programming experience in C#/.NET and C++.
- Good experience with PowerShell scripting/development.
- Experience with plugin architecture and modular software design.
- Strong debugging and crash analysis skills.
- Experience with enterprise proxies, Kerberos, NTLM, HTTPS/TLS, and secure network communications.
- Hands-on experience with AWS IoT and/or AWS Kinesis; knowledge of AWS CloudFront is preferred.
- Understanding of telemetry pipelines and event-driven systems.
- Experience collecting and analyzing low-level device/system telemetry, including device health, performance, inventory, monitoring, or endpoint data.
Skills
Windows Applications, .Net, C#, C++, PowerShell, Scripting, Active Directory