MSBuild Software Engineer

11/21/2025

Design, develop, and maintain MSBuild features and infrastructure across platforms. Investigate, diagnose, and resolve complex issues in build scenarios across Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

10,001+ employees

Language

English

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About The Company

Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.

About the Role

Design, develop, and maintain MSBuild features and infrastructure across platforms Implement new build capabilities and evolve existing APIs to improve performance, reliability, and developer experience Investigate, diagnose, and resolve complex issues in build scenarios across Windows, Linux, and macOS Optimize MSBuild for a wide variety of workloads including cloud-native, mobile, and enterprise applications Collaborate with other .NET teams and contribute to open-source development on GitHub Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and architectural decisions for the build system Explore and integrate emerging AI techniques to enhance build diagnostics, performance tuning, and developer workflows Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience Strong programming skills (preferably C#, but can also be Java, C++, Go, ...) Experience with large-scale software systems and a passion for developer productivity Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across diverse, distributed teams Familiarity with open-source development and GitHub workflows and understanding of build systems would help you to ramp up faster

Key Skills

MSBuildC#JavaC++GoSoftware DevelopmentDeveloper ProductivityOpen-Source DevelopmentGitHubBuild SystemsPerformance OptimizationAI TechniquesCloud-NativeMobile ApplicationsEnterprise ApplicationsCommunication Skills