Service Engineer II, Ads Platform

Microsoft

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
US
Salary
$102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted
21 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Apr 4, 2027

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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 694 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Service Engineer II, Ads Platform

The Service Engineer II - Ads Platform joins the Microsoft Advertising team to support Microsoft Clarity, Universal Event Tracking, and attribution experiences. This role involves leading complex customer investigations into browser and server-side event flows, APIs, and reporting discrepancies. You will serve as a subject matter expert, guiding global teams to improve service KPIs and turning incident evidence into product action plans. Key responsibilities include creating durable operational improvements through monitoring, documentation, and playbooks, while designing agentic, AI-assisted, and automation solutions to accelerate diagnosis. Required skills include experience with software engineering or technical support, and preferred qualifications involve coding in C#, Java, Python, or TypeScript/JavaScript. You will utilize logs, metrics, traces, SQL, and Kusto Query Language to resolve high-revenue impacting escalations and improve overall product supportability.

What you'll do

  • Serve as a technical subject matter expert for Microsoft Clarity, Universal Event Tracking, and attribution.
  • Lead complex customer investigations involving browser and server-side event flows, APIs, and internal logs.
  • Guide global teams by setting investigation standards and owning service KPIs and improvement plans.
  • Convert customer escalation evidence into product and engineering action plans to address root causes.
  • Create operational improvements through monitoring, documentation, playbooks, and self-service experiences.
  • Represent Support in product pilots and release-readiness reviews to advocate for quality and risk mitigation.
  • Design and own AI-assisted and automation solutions to accelerate diagnosis and eliminate repetitive work.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field and 2+ years of relevant experience.
  • Equivalent experience to the degree and years of experience requirement is accepted.
  • Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
  • Master's Degree in a relevant technical field and 6+ years of applicable experience (preferred).
  • Strong coding skills in C#, Java, Python, or TypeScript/JavaScript to build automation or services (preferred).
  • Hands-on troubleshooting experience using logs, metrics, traces, APIs, databases, and query languages (preferred).
  • Experience in customer-facing Tier 3 support or a software product organization managing high-revenue escalations (preferred).
  • Experience troubleshooting Microsoft Clarity, UET, and tracking issues using web technologies, REST APIs, SQL, or Kusto (preferred).

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