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As a Senior Software Engineer - Microservices & Windows Imaging, you will join the Windows Build Team to support the Media Creation Service. This role involves managing an Azure-enabled, microservices-based platform that orchestrates over 300,000 daily compute jobs for critical workflows like testing, flighting, and shipping. You will lead multi-quarter initiatives to modernize tools, improve system reliability, and enhance developer productivity while ensuring the integrity of the software supply chain. Day-to-day tasks include diagnosing complex failures across build orchestrations, managing incident responses, and developing AI-assisted engineering workflows. The role requires proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, alongside experience with Azure infrastructure, Kusto/KQL, and CI/CD platforms like GitHub Actions. You will solve technical challenges related to maintaining high availability for large-scale distributed services within a complex engineering ecosystem.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196750 from 2011 postings across 148 companies.
Lead multi-quarter initiatives to modernize tools, services, and workflows for the Windows build platform.
Set technical direction for improvements in reliability, performance, security, and developer experience.
Integrate new workflows while ensuring compatibility and operational continuity across partner organizations.
Establish telemetry and measurable success criteria to identify regressions and impact on customers.
Develop AI-assisted engineering workflows for investigation, implementation, and operational response.
Diagnose complex failures across build orchestration, toolchains, and infrastructure to implement root-cause fixes.
Advance secure software-supply-chain practices including dependency governance and compliance automation.
Lead incident response for high-impact failures and mentor engineers through design and code reviews.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Master's Degree in Computer Science and 6+ years of experience, or a Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of experience (preferred).
Experience with developer infrastructure, build systems, compilers, CI/CD platforms, dependency management, or large-scale distributed services (preferred).
Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps pipelines, GitHub Actions, or similar CI/CD automation (preferred).
Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure (preferred).
Experience with large-scale telemetry and query systems such as Kusto/KQL or Application Insights (preferred).
Experience in areas like software-supply-chain security, AI-assisted development tools, and mentoring engineers (preferred).