Senior Software Engineer - M365 Windows Client Core

Are you seeking the opportunity to lead experiences that deliver deep Artificial Intelligence to hundreds of millions of users?  In the Microsoft Search, Assistant, and Intelligence (MSAI) Windows Client team, we are building a team of diverse, talented engineers to build transformative and cross-cutting experiences for users of Microsoft 365 who depend on Windows to fulfill their passion at work and in life.  We are looking for those who bring fresh ideas from different backgrounds while possessing the experience and drive to define, design, and deliver high quality, performant, delightful experiences to our users.  

We value individual creativity, passion, and the ability to deliver as an interdisciplinary team.  We advocate for inclusive teams that value diversity of thought and background as strongly as technical skills.  Everyone is encouraged to come up with new ideas to make our customers’ lives better and to collaborate as a team to deliver them.  We invest in each team member’s technical and personal growth and partner on their career goals.  This is a place where engineers have a real, meaningful impact on the success of our customer mission and contribute to the core company mission of empowering every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. 

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 Java

• 6 + years of experience in designing, developing, and shipping software

• 4+ years of experience in technical design, problem solving and debugging skills

• 4+ years of experience in one of the following: Distributed Systems, Control Systems, Algorithms and Data Structures for High Availability Systems Design, and designing systems at scale

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Ability to generate clarity and direction in ambiguous situations 

• Enjoy learning and ramping up on new technologies quickly 

• Passion for data-driven decision making 

• Experience working with native Windows APIs such as Win32, UDK and WinRT 

• Comprehensive full stack development capabilities, with a strong emphasis on C++, C# and Windows engineering within the OS and UI XAML controls.  

• Experience in developing cutting-edge AI products and applications, with a deep understanding of AI technology such as LLMs  

• Proven experience in developing SDKs, reusable platforms, or frameworks 

Your responsibilities will include some or all the below:

• Bring your experience to a vibrant team through design review, code review, and mentoring while helping the team build an inclusive interdisciplinary culture where everyone can do their best work.  

• Define, design, implement and deliver Windows OS components leveraging next-gen AI models to create rich native UI features from incubation stage to maturity with customer trust and user delight as core design principles. 

• Provide high quality code reviews for junior engineers working in modern OO or procedural languages such as C++, C#, or Java, guiding junior engineers to ensure code meets exemplary standards for maintainability, quality, and correctness.  

• Design the system components, interfaces, protocols, data models, security and scalability aspects of the system, allowing phased upgrade from the existing platform.  

• Communicate and document the system architecture & design clearly and effectively to the development team and other stakeholders.  

• Partner with appropriate stakeholders (product, design, and partner teams) to provide improvements to the implementation, monitoring and robustness of Windows features.