Senior Software Engineer - Azure Virtual Desktop

Windows 365 Cloud PC (W365) and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) are recognized leaders in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service (DaaS). These platforms deliver a modern, elastic, cloud-based Windows experience that is simple, scalable, and keeps businesses current.

The Windows Cloud team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help advance the Windows Cloud platform and elevate the Windows 365 Cloud PC and Azure Virtual Desktop offerings. In this role, you will:

• Design and implement platform capabilities for virtualized compute, storage, networking, graphics processing units (GPUs), and streaming protocols such as Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
• Build software components to optimize connectivity, telemetry infrastructure, and user-facing features that enable monitoring and troubleshooting of network traffic for desktop remoting.
• Collaborate with engineering and support teams to deliver innovative solutions that enhance customer value.

This is an opportunity to deepen your expertise in cloud computing, desktop virtualization, streaming technologies, and cloud-based management suites while driving impact at scale.

At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We embrace a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to achieve shared goals. Our values-respect, integrity, and accountability-guide us in creating an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define user requirements for scenarios.
• Identify dependencies and create design documents for products, applications, services, or platforms.
• Develop, optimize, debug, and refactor code to improve performance, maintainability, and effectiveness.
• Apply subject-matter expertise to product features and partner with stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive project plans, release plans, and work items.
• Serve as Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) to monitor systems for degradation, downtime, or interruptions; alert stakeholders and initiate restoration actions for simple and complex issues. Mentor engineers by sharing best practices and playbook guidance.
• Proactively learn and adopt emerging technologies, patterns, and solutions to improve availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance while driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
• Embody ourCultureandValues

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years of software engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience

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