Senior Software Engineer Job at Microsoft Corporation (Suzhou)

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
China , Suzhou

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Description:

Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) have recently been recognized as a leader in the inaugural Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Desktop as a Service (DaaS). We are seeing tremendous customer pull from on premise Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) customers that want to modernize and move from on prem VDI to the cloud. Windows 365 and AVD combined are already a billion-dollar business today and we are seeing rapid growth in revenue and usage, this is one of the key horizon 2 growth areas in our Experiences and Devices (E+D) business. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. 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:

drive end to end engineering cycle of cloud device platform scenarios that scales to provision, manage, and monitor health of millions of cloud-based virtual devices
mentor and help grow a team of talented, diverse software engineers
work across organizations, collaborating with internal partner teams such as Azure Compute, Core OS, Microsoft Security and Identity team, and others
build and maintain secure, distributed, scalable, and resilient micro-services using modern technologies
raise the technical bar, maintain a data and results driven culture, and nurture a high-performance team to build world-class experiences for W365 and AVD end users, ITPros, partners, and operations teams
get to extend your knowledge of cloud compute, hypervisors, desktop virtualization, streaming technologies, and other technical areas including cloud-based management suites
be part of a team designing new platform capabilities involving virtualized compute, storage, networking, GPUs, and streaming protocols (such as Remote Desktop Protocol) for our core products to enhance the value to our customer base
be a part of an agile team working with experienced engineers and product managers that behave more like a technology startup

Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Excellent technical design skills and proven ability to drive large scale system designs for commercial projects or products
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 AI assisted coding practice
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
Expertise in OS hypervisor
Expertise in virtualization

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 03, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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