Overview

The Bing Growth team is responsible for building world class experiences across Windows and Android to help drive the growth of Bing across different regions of the world.

The team has been developing customer centric experiences like Desktop Spotlight, News Feeds on Windows, and on this day, news summarization services on Android. Millions of people all over the world rely on these experiences every day and our products have a meaningful impact on their lives. This is in line with Microsoft’s mission to empower every individual and organization on the planet to achieve more.

To develop these experiences for Windows, the team infuses Windows technologies like XAML and shell on desktop and taskbar. We are looking for a senior software engineer who is passionate about tackling large scale engineering problems for Windows and Bing. As part of this team, you will play a key role in extending and modifying Windows Operating system code to develop these experiences.

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- Design, build, and ship features for a consumer Windows application with a strong focus on usability, performance, reliability, and accessibility.
• Develop high‑quality, maintainable, and well‑tested code using modern Windows frameworks and tooling.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Data partners to translate customer needs into technical solutions.
• Participate in architecture and design reviews, contributing to decisions around scalability, responsiveness, and long‑term maintainability.
• Instrument features with telemetry, analyze usage and reliability signals, and iterate based on data and customer feedback.
• Debug and resolve issues across the stack, including live‑site and customer‑reported problems.
• Contribute to engineering excellence through code reviews, test coverage, CI/CD practices, and operational readiness.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• Experience building and shipping production‑quality applications or services.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object‑oriented design.
• Experience working collaboratively in a team environment with clear communication and ownership.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building Windows applications using WinUI, WPF, UWP, or Windows SDKs.
• Familiarity with performance optimization, memory management, and responsiveness in desktop applications.
• Experience with telemetry, experimentation, and feature flighting in consumer products.
• Exposure to accessibility (a11y) standards and inclusive design principles.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and live‑site monitoring.

What Success Looks Like

• Delivers polished, reliable features that improve customer satisfaction and engagement.
• Writes clean, testable code and proactively raises quality and maintainability bar.
• Demonstrates strong ownership—from design through deployment and support.
• Uses data and customer feedback to guide decisions and continuous improvement.
• Grows technical depth while positively influencing team engineering practices.

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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.