New 
Software Engineer II
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Jul 30, 2025 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft'sWindows Servicing & Delivery (WSD)organization is on a mission to keep billions of Windows devices protected and productive by delivering a seamless and timely servicing experience. TheUpdate Publishing Service (UPS)team owns the pipeline that powers the delivery of Windows updates to over a billion devices worldwide.As part of the team, you'll play a key role in securing our customers while maintaining a healthy continuous delivery experience that makes users love Windows. We're looking for a software engineer with a passion for building world-class systems that power the update publishing pipeline.As aSoftware Engineer II on the UPS team, you will work on a production-grade, Azure-native pipeline built using technologies such asService Fabric, Logic Apps, Durable Tasks, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, and Azure Storage. This infrastructure enables intelligent, secure, and scalable delivery of Windows updates and apps. You'll contribute to systems aligned withSecure Future Initiative (SFI) principles, supportingML-driven targeting, AI agent orchestration, and integration withMCPfor automated rollout management.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.
ResponsibilitiesYou will be designing and implementing new features to support customer requirements as well as continuously improving the quality and reliability of the update publishing service pipeline.You will work with other teams across WSD and Windows to design and build features that enable the most efficient and seamless way to deliver updates to bring to market the latest in innovation including ML/AI models, Applications, and security updates. As we look toward a new future with Agentic AI and AI Orchestration, we will be looking for you to bring new thinking and ideas as we move forward.You will design, test and develop these features based on internal and external customer requirements leveraging a fast-paced quarterly planning cycle. Lots of opportunity to have organizational impact by collaborating, innovating and building the next set of internal processes and tools to support fast yet reliable shipping of new code to our validation rings and retail customers.Address security vulnerabilities and at the same time build resilient architecture for your components in today's ever increasing security focused landscape.Monitor retail and CD releases to Windows and diagnose/mitigate/resolve issues expeditiously when they happen. | |