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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
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The Senior Software Engineer joins the Microsoft Advertising Platform team to build next-generation marketing and advertising solutions. In this role, you will design, build, and evolve highly scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems while leading the technical architecture of complex product features. You will partner with Product Management and Data Science teams to drive end-to-end delivery, utilizing telemetry and A/B experimentation to improve product health. The position requires proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, along with knowledge of Microsoft Azure, AWS, or similar cloud platforms. You will solve technical challenges involving data-intensive applications, service-oriented architectures, and AI/ML-enabled products within the online advertising space, ensuring long-term maintainability and engineering excellence across global-scale distributed systems.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.
Design, build, and evolve highly scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems.
Lead the technical design and architecture of complex product features and services.
Drive end-to-end delivery of critical projects including implementation, monitoring, and experimentation.
Use telemetry and A/B experimentation to identify opportunities and improve product health.
Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance through code reviews and best practices.
Influence technical direction across multiple teams and contribute to platform-wide architectural decisions.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire and every two years thereafter.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
4+ years of experience building scalable, secure, high-performance products and services on the backend (preferred).
Knowledge of Distributed systems design, Microsoft Azure, AWS, or similar cloud computing platforms (preferred).
Experience in online advertising, search, e-commerce, or large-scale consumer products (preferred).
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