Software Engineer II Windows AI
Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Full-Time
Posted Oct 10, 2025
3 days / week in-office
Compensation
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About the role
Are you ready to shape the future of Windows using AI? Do you thrive on building scalable UX platforms that power delightful, intelligent experiences? Imagine your code lighting up across the globe within hours—impacting how people interact with Windows every day.
Responsibilities
- 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., project managers) to drive a workgroup'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.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience
- 2+ years Industry experience coding in one of the following C++, C# and React
- 2+ years experience with planning, scheduling and delivery of quality software
- 1+ year of experience leveraging AI tools—such as Large Language Models (LLMs), intelligent agents, and related technologies—and contributing to AI-driven software development
Benefits
- 401k matching
- Health insurance
- Discounts on products and services
- Savings and investments
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Generous time away
- Giving programs
- Opportunities to network and connect
About 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.
Job Details
Salary Range
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Location
Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Employment Type
Full-Time
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