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Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Redmond, WA
Salary
$139,900–$274,800 / yr
Posted
56 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $181k
This role $207k
$101k most similar roles pay here $293k

This role pays more than 76% of similar roles. Most pay $155,000–$207,350 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $207k versus about $181k for comparable roles.

Based on 238 similar postings.

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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 1103 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 985 roles with salary data.

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As a Principal Software Engineer on the Bing Ads team, you will design and develop near real-time services and integrate them with other ad-serving components to power billions of daily ad impressions. Your responsibilities include independently implementing high-performance solutions, mentoring junior engineers, and leading efforts to optimize code for maintainability and performance. You will collaborate closely with data scientists and ensure security and compliance standards are met while resolving complex issues and preventing recurring problems. The role requires expertise in languages such as C#, Java, Python, and JavaScript, along with experience in large-scale cloud or distributed data systems. This dynamic environment offers opportunities to grow your skills and contribute to a rapidly expanding ad platform that emphasizes scale, reliability, and innovation.

Skills

Python JavaScript C# Java Cloud Distributed Systems Data Science Data Modeling Data Engineering CI/CD Kubernetes AWS Azure GCP PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis Git Docker Terraform Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Design and develop high-performance near real-time services for ad serving platforms.
  • Mentor team members to produce maintainable code used across multiple products.
  • Lead efforts to optimize back-end dependencies for security, performance, and reliability.
  • Troubleshoot complex issues, deploy fixes, and implement automations to prevent recurring problems.
  • Collaborate with data scientists and other teams to integrate systems and improve ad infrastructure.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in C#, Java, Python, etc.
  • 4+ years of experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed data systems.
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science and 8+ years of technical engineering experience (preferred).
  • 10+ years of technical engineering experience with a Bachelor's Degree in CS or related field (preferred).
  • 8+ years of experience in software development, service engineering, or systems engineering (preferred).
  • 3+ years of experience in data science, data modeling, or data engineering (preferred).

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