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Redmond, WA Posted 90 days ago $119,800–$234,700 / year

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TL;DR

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Ads Data Platform Team at Microsoft AI, you will design and operate high-scale systems that process billions of events daily, supporting real-time reporting and business analytics for Microsoft’s global ads marketplace. Your day-to-day responsibilities include building data applications that drive significant growth in the online advertising sector, working closely with stakeholders to define feature requirements and ensuring system security and compliance. You will leverage cutting-edge technologies such as distributed systems, machine learning, and big data tools like Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, and Flink, while continuously profiling and optimizing system performance to meet stringent service-level agreements. This role demands expertise in Azure, Scala, and a deep understanding of computational intelligence and scalable algorithms, offering the opportunity to tackle complex challenges in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.

Skills

Azure Python Scala Spark Hadoop HDFS Kafka Flink Docker CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis Kubernetes

What you'll do

Design high-scale systems to process billions of events through real-time and offline pipelines.
Create system designs for new features based on stakeholder requirements, ensuring security and compliance.
Implement efficient, maintainable code with minimal defects and review standards for quality assurance.
Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and propose solutions to improve latency and capacity.
Escalate issues as necessary and act as a Designated Responsible Individual during system monitoring.

What we're looking for

Design high-scale systems processing billions of events through real-time pipelines.
Build data applications impacting Microsoft Ads' double-digit annual growth.
Work on cutting-edge technologies in distributed systems and big data.
Implement features with high efficiency, reliability, and maintainability standards.
Profile and analyze distributed system performance to improve latency and capacity.

Market check

Salary context

This $119,800–$234,700 range sits above 73% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$119,800–$234,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$143,930–$188,106

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

Microsoft currently has 534 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 488 roles with salary data.

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