Graphics Software Engineer II

Graphics Software Engineer II

United States, Washington, Redmond

Graphics Software Engineer II

United States, Washington, Redmond

Job description

Company and benefits

Job number 200059660

Date posted Oct 13, 2026

Work site 3 days / week in-office

Travel Less than 25%

Profession Software Engineering

Discipline Software Engineering

Role type Individual Contributor

Employment type Full-Time

Overview

Windows Servicing and Delivery (WSD) has core mission of keeping customers and Windows ecosystem protected and productive, delivering monthly Windows updates to 1+ billion devices running different versions of Windows Operating System. Graphics team is part of WSD and responsible for keeping Windows Graphics components secure and reliable in existing and future versions of Windows by working closely with our product teams, partners and customers. The team owns all the Graphics stacks like DirectX, Graphic Device Interface (GDI) and GDI+ for servicing by fixing security, reliability, performance and functional issues in existing and future versions of Windows while owning GDI and GDI+ for future development.

We are a team of engineers passionate about product security and quality, care deeply about bringing the best customer experience to our products while ensuring a great Win32 experience to users on a diverse set of devices.

We are looking for a Graphics Software Engineer II that would like to learn the internals of Windows platform, enjoy solving customer problems, passionate about modernizing Windows code and help us to deliver on our core mission. This position offers a unique opportunity to enhance technical skills, get deeper understanding of how software works end to end and accelerate your career growth with a high accent on security.

At Microsoft, our mission—to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more—guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress—people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and address security defects in Windows reported by security researchers.
• Root cause analysis of functional and security code defects, performance problems in Windows. Generalize the findings and create solutions to address the defects.
• Design, proto-type new features in GDI; ship new features on the next version of the Operating System.
• Learn the design and implementation details of a substantial part of the Windows code base.
• Analyze the code base through static and dynamic analysis tool.
• Be part of AI efforts to modernize existing tools and processes or build new ones from scratch.

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, 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

• Problem-solving, debugging and troubleshooting skills.

• Coding experience in C/C++ in a professional capacity.