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Windows Cloud Experiences (WCX) is developing a best-in-class virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution to enable millions of customers to work with physical and virtual PCs. WCX is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) organization, which is recognized as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Desktop as a Service (DaaS) for last 3 years. With the momentum from customers transitioning to cloud-based solutions, Windows 365 and AVD have become a billion-dollar business and continue to experience rapid growth. At its core, W365 and AVD provide customers with a modern, elastic, cloud-based Windows experience that feels like local. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who’s excited to explore new technologies, write elegant and robust code, and drive engineering excellence across the stack to join the team that builds key technologies for our service fundamental and Devops. In this role, you’ll contribute to rapid, iterative releases and have the opportunity to innovate across multiple areas of our product, from infrastructure to reliability engineering and operations.
Job Responsibility:
Work across organizations, collaborating with internal partner teams such as Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Platform Engineering teams like AKS/App service and etc
Build and maintain secure, distributed, scalable, and resilient service infrastructure using modern technologies
Define and implement CI/CD strategies using Azure DevOps, driving engineering efficiency through automation, testing, and deployment proven practices
Act as a mentor to junior engineers and interns, providing guidance on technical challenges. Share knowledge through design reviews, code walkthroughs, and internal presentations
Integrate AI capabilities into daily operations for predictive insights and automation
Establish and implement mature and efficient DevOps processes such as SDP (release), Livesite, buildout environment and tool chains for high service reliability and availability
Participate in On-Call and Site Reliability rotations, ensuring live-site health and driving engineered solutions
Drive technical clarity and alignment across multiple teams and organizations, influencing strategy, mentoring peers, and ensuring delivery of high-impact, customer-focused results
Requirements:
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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
5+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping apps and/or services
Excellent technical design skills and proven ability to drive large scale system designs for commercial projects or products
Experience and involvement with DevOps
Excellent English verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Nice to have:
5+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping apps and/or services
Ambitious, self-motivated
Agile, can-do attitude and great at dealing with ambiguity
Strong coding, debugging and problem-solving skills
Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming language paradigms
Keen interest in mentoring early in career engineers
Ability to generate clarity in ambiguous situations
Ability to quickly ramp up, understand complex problems, and create solutions across many products
Great communication skills to collaborate cross-group and work effectively within the team
Expertise in developing large scale services
Experience monitoring system performance, diagnosing and resolving issues, and implementing improvements to ensure reliability and a seamless user experience
Exposure to DevOps practices (CI/CD, automated testing, deployment)