Software Engineer

Join the team that powers the most widely used operating system in the world. Windows is evolving into a secure, agent-first platform, and the Windows AI Platform team is at the forefront of this transformation. The team's mission is to lay the foundation for an agent-first Windows experience, driving innovation and reliability for users worldwide.

Our Charter: Advancing Windows through Three Pillars

• Search: Delivering fast, reliable, and relevant system and semantic search capabilities across all Windows surfaces. This enables users to quickly find information and resources, enhancing their productivity and overall experience within the Windows ecosystem.
• Agentic OS (AgOS): Developing secure primitives that empower agents to sense, reason, plan, act, and learn. These capabilities are designed with trust and privacy as core principles, ensuring that users’ data and activities remain protected while leveraging intelligent agent functionalities.
• AI Foundry / Windows AI APIs: Equipping developers with robust tools to build AI-powered applications. Through offerings such as Windows ML, WebNN, and Foundry, the team simplifies the processes of model conversion, optimisation, and hardware acceleration, making it easier for developers to integrate advanced AI capabilities into their applications.

Empowering Developers and Shaping User Experiences

The Windows Developer Platform team is responsible for creating the foundational capabilities that allow developers to build rich and modern applications for Windows. The team’s work has a profound impact, influencing the daily computing experience of more than a billion users around the globe. This role offers the unique opportunity to shape next-generation platform capabilities, collaborate across engineering teams, and contribute significantly to the ongoing evolution of the Windows app platform.

Team Values

Our team celebrates diversity in thought, background, and experience. We actively welcome individuals who bring curiosity, creativity, and a strong growth mindset, fostering an environment where new ideas and perspectives can thrive.

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.

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.
• Proficient in CS fundamentals and languages: C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python.
• Skilled at researching, prototyping new platform ideas.
• Able to explain technical concepts clearly with data-driven storytelling.
• Shows growth mindset, humility, professionalism under pressure.
• Experienced at fostering inclusion and empowerment.
• Strong problem-solving and hypothesis skills.
• Solid design, coding, debugging, teamwork abilities.
• Hands-on with AI developer tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT for coding, design, and productivity.
• Understands core AI concepts: model capabilities, context, retrieval augmentation, evaluation, responsible use.

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:

• At least one year of commercial software shipping experience.
• Skilled in C/C++ and developing Windows apps.
• Experience adding AI features such as natural language, semantic search, or intelligent assistance.
• Semantic search or content understanding on Windows surfaces.
• Agentic workflows or orchestration patterns.
• Hardware-aware performance tuning (CPU/GPU/NPU).
• Familiarity with Windows platform APIs, COM, WinRT, and diagnostics.
• Strong customer focus and passion for quality engineering.

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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.