Senior Software Engineer

The Windows Enterprise and Security (ENS) team builds foundational capabilities that keep the Windows client and server operating systems secure and trusted at global scale. ENS spans core Windows security investments such as hardwarebacked security, cryptography, identity and authentication, and enterprisegrade management capabilities—critical to keeping Windows dependable for customers across enterprises and governments.

As a Senior Software Engineer in ENS India, you will design and ship security and enterprise features that land broadly across the Windows ecosystem. You’ll work closely with partner teams (including engineering counterparts in Redmond) to build secure-by-design, reliable-by-default solutions that meet the bar for global deployment.

Why this role / impact

Work on security and enterprise capabilities that protect billions of Windows users and the enterprises that depend on Windows.

Build foundational security and management features that shape Windows’ trust model and long-term platform resilience.

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.

Security & OS Feature Engineering:

• Design and implement Windows security and enterprise capabilities that ship at scale across client and/or server.
• Build features across foundational areas such as hardware-backed security, cryptography, identity/authentication, and enterprise management experiences.

Engineering Excellence (Quality, Reliability, Operability):

• Produce robust, testable, maintainable code with strong engineering rigor, including diagnostics and operational readiness suitable for global rollout.
• Partner with security and platform stakeholders to ensure designs align to secure-by-default principles and meet compliance/assurance expectations.
• Cross-team Collaboration & Delivery
• Collaborate with ENS partner teams in Redmond and across Windows engineering to deliver shared roadmaps and aligned technical outcomes.
Drive end-to-end execution: requirements design implementation validation
• deployment, with an ownership mindset.
• Develop technical talent in the group by coaching, mentoring and showing how it’s done.
• Be the trailblazer for new technologies and command a industry wide reputation in internal/external forums for a given technology area.

AIForward Engineering:

• Leverage AIassisted and agentic engineering workflows to accelerate design, debugging, testing, and documentation—while maintaining strict verification and security quality bars.
• Establish reusable patterns (e.g., prompt/playbook snippets, validation checklists, automation hooks) that make AI usage repeatable and safe for the team.
• Improve engineering efficiency by applying AI to:
• Rootcause analysis and debugging
• Test generation and validation strategy
• Automation to reduce recurring toil