Senior Software Engineer - The Windows Agility Team

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Are you fascinated by operating system internals and energized by the challenge of solving deep, low-level technical problems that impact hundreds of millions of devices worldwide? Do you thrive on taking ownership of critical system infrastructure, and want to be at the center of rapid innovation for the world’s most popular desktop OS?

The Windows Agility team powers the Feature Management platform across the entire Windows OS, making A/B testing and agile rollouts possible through deep integration with system components and cloud services. We’re seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer with C/C++ skills to help build robust, secure, high-performance solutions at the intersection of OS and cloud. Our platform enables safe, continuous delivery and experimentation - allowing new client features to reach users at unprecedented scale and speed.

If you’re passionate about low-level engineering, motivated by real impact, and eager to see projects through from design to deployment in a collaborative, high-challenge environment, join us!

Microsoft’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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor'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++.
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years Industry experience in design and coding in C/C++.
• 2+ years of hands‑on systems‑level development experience, including kernel‑mode programming or contributions to other operating‑system components

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated proficiency in native multi-threaded system development and native code debugging.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Windows OS and its subsystems.
• Experience communicating and collaborating in cross-team and cross-function environments.
• Demonstrated customer focus and experience working with customers and advocating for their requirements.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 15, 2025.

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• Enhance and innovate the feature flags and settings platform, a tool trusted by thousands of engineers to deliver features safely and at scale.
• Empower engineering teams to rapidly experiment and iterate, collaborating closely with Data Science partners to transform how features are developed, tested, and validated.
• Build and maintain systems across the stack - with a primary focus on client-side development, from kernel components to user-mode services - with future opportunities to contribute to cloud services.
• Design and implement new client-side OS scenarios and workflows that advance feature management and integrate seamlessly with other OS subsystem and surrounding frameworks.