Job Overview

Microsoft is hiring a Software Engineer for its Windows + Devices Fundamentals team in Hyderabad, Telangana. This is a full-time hybrid opportunity designed for an early-career engineer who wants to build strong software engineering skills while working on Windows device reliability, compatibility, performance, battery life, and sustainability. The role focuses on understanding how hardware, firmware, operating systems, and applications work together. You will use engineering data, telemetry, trace information, debugging techniques, and performance analysis to investigate device behavior and identify opportunities for improvement. The work can contribute to experiences across the Windows ecosystem and involves collaboration with engineers and partner teams. This is an individual contributor position with an in-office expectation of three days per week. Travel is expected to be less than 25 percent. The position is especially relevant for candidates who enjoy systems thinking, performance optimization, software development, and learning how complex computing platforms behave at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze telemetry and trace information to understand software and hardware behavior on individual devices and across larger device populations.
• Investigate system-level issues with debugging and performance analysis tools while working with experienced engineers.
• Examine data and technical findings to identify areas where Windows device behavior or performance can be improved.
• Design, implement, test, and maintain software changes that improve experiences across operating-system and application layers.
• Apply sound software engineering practices to produce reliable, maintainable, and high-quality code.
• Use measurements and other data to validate whether an optimization produces the expected improvement.
• Participate in code reviews and design discussions, incorporate feedback, and improve technical solutions.
• Work with team members and partner groups to deliver improvements across the Windows ecosystem.
• Build knowledge of device fundamentals and contribute to engineering decisions through technical investigation and evidence.

Required Skills

Candidates should have a solid foundation in software development and be able to demonstrate programming experience in one or more relevant languages. The role accepts experience with C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. Strong analytical and problem-solving ability is important because the work involves investigating system behavior, interpreting technical data, and determining potential causes of performance or reliability issues. Candidates should also understand core software engineering practices such as testing, code quality, maintainability, and structured debugging.

A willingness to learn is particularly important for this Software Engineer position. The team works across multiple layers of the computing stack, so candidates should be comfortable developing knowledge beyond a single programming language or application area.

Preferred Skills

Experience from coursework, internships, academic projects, or professional software development can be valuable. Familiarity with debugging, performance analysis, operating systems, or system-level development is preferred. Additional useful exposure includes Windows internals, power optimization, telemetry analysis, statistics, data analysis, and cloud data platforms.

Candidates who have explored how hardware, firmware, operating systems, and applications interact may find the technical scope of the role especially relevant. Experience working on team-based projects and explaining technical concepts clearly is also useful.

Candidates do not need to claim every preferred skill; applications are stronger when they accurately describe genuine projects and technical experience.

Education

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline is required, or equivalent experience may be considered. The qualification specifically expects proven coding experience in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.

Relevant academic projects, internships, coursework, or practical software development work can help demonstrate the required foundation, particularly when they involve programming, debugging, systems, testing, or performance analysis.

Experience

The posting does not specify a fixed number of years of professional experience. Instead, it describes the opportunity as suitable for an early-career Software Engineer and accepts relevant experience gained through coursework, internships, projects, or professional software development.

Applicants should focus on demonstrating their technical foundation rather than relying only on years of experience. Projects involving operating systems, system-level programming, debugging, performance measurement, telemetry, data analysis, or hardware-software interaction can be particularly relevant.

Required Technologies

Relevant programming languages mentioned in the posting include C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, and Python. The position also involves telemetry, trace data, debugging tools, performance analysis, operating-system concepts, and software testing.

The broader technical environment includes Windows, Windows internals, hardware, firmware, application layers, and cloud data platforms. Candidates with exposure to data analysis or statistics can also demonstrate how they have used measurements to support technical decisions.

Soft Skills

Curiosity and a growth mindset are valuable for this role because the work requires learning how complex systems behave and adapting to new technologies. Strong communication helps engineers explain findings, participate in reviews, and collaborate with partner teams.

Careful analytical thinking is essential when investigating performance or reliability issues. Candidates should be comfortable breaking complex problems into smaller questions, evaluating evidence, testing possible solutions, and learning from results.

Teamwork is also important. The role requires collaboration with engineers and partner organizations, so candidates should be able to contribute constructively while receiving feedback from more experienced team members.

Benefits of Working in this Role

This opportunity provides exposure to Windows device fundamentals and the interaction between hardware, firmware, operating systems, and applications. It can help an early-career engineer build practical experience in debugging, performance optimization, telemetry analysis, testing, and systems engineering.

Working on device reliability, battery life, compatibility, performance, and sustainability can also provide a broad technical perspective beyond conventional application development. The role offers opportunities to learn from experienced engineers and contribute to improvements that affect Windows devices.

Work Mode

The position is full-time and hybrid, with an expectation of working three days per week in the office. Travel is expected to be less than 25 percent.

Location

The job is based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Who Should Apply

This role is a strong match for early-career software engineers and candidates with relevant Computer Science or technical education who enjoy programming and understanding how computer systems work. It may suit candidates with academic or project experience in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, especially when combined with debugging, testing, operating-system concepts, performance analysis, or systems programming.

Candidates interested in Windows engineering, device optimization, system performance, telemetry, and the relationship between hardware and software should consider this opportunity.

Applicants should also be prepared to meet the required Microsoft and applicable customer or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.

Career Growth

Experience in this role can provide a strong foundation for careers in software engineering, systems engineering, operating-system development, performance engineering, device optimization, reliability engineering, and platform development. Building skills in debugging, data-driven engineering, performance analysis, and cross-layer system understanding can support progression into broader technical responsibilities.

Application Advice

Tailor your resume toward software engineering and systems-related work. Highlight programming languages you genuinely know and describe projects where you designed, implemented, tested, debugged, or improved software.

If you have coursework or projects involving operating systems, Windows internals, C or C++, performance analysis, telemetry, statistics, data analysis, cloud platforms, or hardware-software interaction, make those details easy to find. Explain your contribution and the technical problem you solved rather than only listing technologies.

Be prepared to discuss how.