Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Overview
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Bing Ads team, you will design and develop near real-time services, prepare data stores, and integrate them with other ad-serving components. Collaboration with teammates and partner teams is an essential part of this role, as you will work together to meet shared objectives. This role will enable you to gain deep insights into the Bing ad serving platform, collaborate closely with data scientists, and develop expertise in working with individuals responsible for different components of the ad infrastructure. You will have the opportunity to grow your skills, learn from industry experts, and continuously expand your knowledge in a dynamic and innovative environment. This role allows flexible working hours with partial work from home.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Java, C, C++, Python or JavaScript
- OR equivalent experience.
- OR equivalent experience.
- 3+ years technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed data systems.
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Java, C, C++, Python or JavaScript
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Java, C, C++, Python or JavaScript
- OR equivalent experience.
- 6+ years technical experience in software development, service engineering, or systems engineering.
- 2+ years experience in data science, data modeling, or data engineering.
- Experience coding on large scale data services and distributed systems.
- Knowledge of big data technologies such as Azure Data Lake (ADL), Spark, COSMOS, or similar platforms.
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Single reqs: Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 17, 2025
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Responsibilities
- Designs and implements high-performance solutions within the team while maintaining quality standards. Create and monitor telemetry data and contribute to analytics efforts to better identify patterns that reveal errors and unexpected problems.
- Produces extensible and maintainable code used across products and contribute to mentoring team members. Participates in efforts to optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to improve performance, maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
- Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios, works with other teams and technologies to understand how they interact with owned services, and ensure integration with the broader system
- Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
- Leverages subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items.
- Responds to incidents and issues as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), by identifying and troubleshooting problems, deploys appropriate fixes, and implementing automations to prevent recurring issues.
- Drives efforts according to prescriptive guidance for security, privacy, and compliance standards.
- Collaborates across teams by proactively sharing information and working with partners to meet mutual objectives, contributes to resolving technical challenges and aligning shared goals.
- Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, that will contribute to the development and operations of related systems, platforms, and products by sharing insights and best practices.
- Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.