Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft in Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Overview
We are the Windows Servicing and Delivery (WSD) organization, which is a part of E+D division. Our core mission is to keep customers protected and productive by delivering a seamless and timely servicing experience for our customers in existing and future versions of Windows.
Our Trusted Servicing Experiences (TSX) team is looking for highly motivated Senior Software Engineer to help us in this mission. You will play a key role in extending and modifying Windows Operating system code for keeping our customer base secure, improving the reliability of the platform, addressing customer reported issues, building data insights, and developing features to light up new scenarios and devices in the Windows ecosystem (PCs, Phones, Servers, SurfaceHub, Hololens, Azure and more).
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
Fixing externally and internally found security vulnerabilities and all the potential variants.
Analyze, debug, and troubleshoot driver-related issues, including performance optimization, system crashes, and compatibility problems.
Crafting high-quality, bug-free fixes with minimum application compatibility risk.
Implement enhancements and updates to support new features and technologies introduced in the Windows environment.
Participate in code reviews and collaborate with peers to ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to coding standards.
Collaborating with escalation engineers and other partner teams across Microsoft to debug, develop, test and ship updates.
Finding ways to improve products, tools, and processes for long-term benefit for Microsoft and customers.
Mentoring junior engineers in the team.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Proven design and problem-solving skills, with an emphasis on quality and engineering excellence.
Proven communication skills, both verbal and written.
The ability to work well in a diverse, global, team-focused environment.
BS in Computer Science or equivalent preferred.
Experience in kernel-mode & user-mode development and solid knowledge of C/C++ programming languages.
Ability to understand unfamiliar code bases, and debug multi-threaded, and highly scalable applications.
Experience working with Windows system level programming and developing applications.
Familiarity with windows debugging.
Having below skills is a plus:
Experience with debugging tools such as WinDbg and familiarity with crash dump analysis.
Familiarity with Windows platform technologies such as WinAppSDK, WinUI, XAML, MSI etc.
Knowledge of Windows internals, application lifecycle, deployment technologies is a plus.
Experience with cloud-connected Windows experiences, or client-server architectures is an advantage.
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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, read more about requesting accommodations.
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