New

Software Engineer

Microsoft
$84,200.00 - $165,200.00 / yr
United States, Washington, Redmond
Feb 14, 2026
Overview We are the Shell team in the Windows Servicing and Delivery (WSD) organization. The delivery of new innovations and updates to our customers is at the core of WSD's mission to keep Microsoft customers protected and productive. Weorchestrate the release of exciting new features and guard the quality of the user experience in existing and future versions of Windows to our consumer, enterprise and Microsoft Cloud customers. A Software Engineer on the WSD Shell team will work closely with product teams and other engineers to bring new features to Windows products.This opportunity will allow development of deep business acumen, technical skills and provide opportunity to accelerate career growth. 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. Responsibilities Work with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements for a set of features and incorporate appropriate continuous feedback loops measuring customer value, usage patterns, and other actionable metrics of value. Contribute to the identification of dependencies and development of design documents for a product area with little oversight. Help to identify other teams and technologies to leverage, including how they will interact, and when one's system may provide support to others. Contribute to determining back-end dependencies associated with product, application, service, or platform functionality for product features. Create and implement code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable. Write and learn to create code that is extensible and maintainable while considering diagnosability, reliability, and maintainability with few defects as well as understand when the code is ready to be shared and delivered. Apply coding patterns and best practices to write code. Create a clear and articulated plan for testing and assuring quality of solutions, and defines success for outcomes of tests (e.g., unit tests). Add new tests, removes antiquated tests, and aggregates tests to improve tests in the feature area. Help drive efforts for augmenting test cases and ensures that the solution area has good test coverage. Help integrate automation features when planning for testing. Identify areas for efforts to integrate instrumentation for gathering telemetry data on system behavior such as performance, reliability, availability, usage, and safety mechanisms. Contribute to sustaining feedback loops from telemetry resulting in subsequent designs and help create outputs of telemetry such as notifications or dashboards. Qualifications Required Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Other Requirements: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to C, C++, C# or JavaScript(C++ preferred). ORMaster's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience codingin languages including, but not limited to C, C++, C# JavaScript(C++ preferred). OR equivalent experience. 1+ years of experience developing and optimizing algorithms using C++ and practical application of data structures in software development. Experience in Git or other version control systems. 1+ years of experience with Win32 APIs and ability to design and implement robust systemarchitectureand frameworks. 1+ years of experience in performing regression testing. #W+DJOBS#WSDCFE #EiP #IC2SWE Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $84,200 - $165,200 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 $109,000 - $180,400 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 This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.