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Microsoft

Builds workplace software, PCs and cloud services

Senior Software Engineer

Systems Software EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
  • Solid experience building and shipping production software in one or more systems languages such as C, C++, C#, or Rust, and debugging complex systems.
  • Experience designing and developing features in large-scale, performance-sensitive systems, ideally with Windows, operating-system, or systems depth.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement Windows security and enterprise capabilities that ship at scale across client and/or server.
  • Build features across foundational areas such as hardware-backed security, cryptography, identity and authentication, and enterprise management experiences.
  • Produce robust, testable, maintainable code with strong engineering rigor, including diagnostics and operational readiness suitable for global rollout.
  • Partner with security and platform stakeholders to ensure designs align with secure-by-default principles and meet compliance and assurance expectations.
  • Collaborate with ENS partner teams in Redmond and across Windows engineering to deliver shared roadmaps and aligned technical outcomes.
  • Drive end-to-end execution from requirements through design, implementation, validation, and deployment.
  • Develop technical talent in the group by coaching, mentoring, and demonstrating effective practices.
  • Represent a technology area in internal and external forums and help advance new technologies.
  • Leverage AI-assisted and agentic engineering workflows to accelerate design, debugging, testing, and documentation while maintaining strict verification and security quality bars.
  • Establish reusable patterns, such as prompt and playbook snippets, validation checklists, and automation hooks, to make AI usage repeatable and safe for the team.
  • Improve engineering efficiency by applying AI to root-cause analysis and debugging, test generation and validation strategy, and automation that reduces recurring toil.

Desired Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, plus 8+ years of relevant experience.
  • Experience in one or more of platform security, cryptography, identity and authentication, secure boot or TPM, device security, enterprise policy and management, or licensing and entitlement systems.
  • Track record of driving engineering quality through testing strategy, telemetry, reliability, and operational excellence.
  • Comfort partnering across geographies and influencing designs with stakeholders across engineering, security, and program leadership.

About the Company

Microsoft

Builds workplace software, PCs and cloud services

Microsoft builds workplace software, operating systems and cloud infrastructure for consumers, businesses and government agencies, from small organizations to global enterprises. Microsoft 365 combines Word and Excel with Teams communication and Copilot AI features, while Windows runs PCs and Surface supplies the company's own computers. Azure rents computing capacity, storage and databases to build and run web applications. Microsoft also sells Xbox consoles and games, collecting revenue through software licenses, subscriptions, usage charges and product sales. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Redmond, WA
Founded
1975

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