Senior Software Engineer Job at Microsoft Corporation (Hyderabad)

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
India , Hyderabad

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Description:

Do you want to work on a product that touches and transforms the lives of billions of people across the globe? Do you want to work on the next set of innovations to transform it further and revolutionize it? Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Inline with that, Microsoft is embarking on the exciting new journey to revolutionize the most beloved and popular product Windows which is central to Microsoft's hybrid AI story. We intend to make our experiences more modern and seamless, so we delight our users. We'll make them even more productive and successful. The Windows team is growing in Microsoft, India with a broad range of innovation opportunities on both the in-market versions of Windows and the next version. We are also focused on building features that enhance the Windows experience for commercial customers and partners. You will get opportunities to collaborate across multiple teams within the Windows group and across product groups within the company. 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.

Job Responsibility:

Do you want to work on a product that touches and transforms the lives of billions of people across the globe? Do you want to work on the next set of innovations to transform it further and revolutionize it?
We're looking for software engineers who are comfortable working in C++ and want to build features that ship to customers and partners at a global scale
You will be chartered with delivering highly requested features from commercial customers and partners
In this role you will have the opportunity to design and develop software and services at scale, innovating with the latest technologies, following modern engineering practices, leveraging cutting-edge AI-powered tools for software development
You'll foster technical relationships with partner teams, provide technical leadership, and mentor other engineers to help grow their skills and impact
Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario
Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform
Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI)
Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., product managers) to drive the team's project plans, release plans, and work items
Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate
Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale while mentoring others
Success in this role means delivering not only business value but also solutions that are cost-effective, reliable, scalable, and thoughtfully engineered.

Requirements:

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
OR Master'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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR equivalent experience
Excellent design, coding, debugging, teamwork, and communication skills
A customer focused innovative mindset
Passionate about craftsmanship in engineering
Experience with cross-group design and coordination is an advantage.

Nice to have:

Experience with cross-group design and coordination is an advantage.

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Job Posted:
May 05, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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