We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced platform engineer to join the Web Data Platform Engineering Team, responsible for some of Bing’s most critical data processing systems and pipelines. These systems and pipelines form the backbone of Bing’s web understanding stack, powering content extraction, enrichment, and understanding at massive Internet scale.

In this role, you will design, build, and evolve large-scale distributed systems that process billions of documents per day with low latency and high reliability. You will work with both in‑house frameworks and open-source technologies to build next‑generation data processing platforms that enable downstream services—such as indexing, ranking, and AI-driven experiences—to deeply understand the web.

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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.

• Design and architect large‑scale distributed pipelines to ensure scalability, robustness, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Implement new features and system improvements in highly distributed, parallelized environments, using data to measure and validate impact.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive test coverage, including unit, integration, and performance tests, ensuring production-grade reliability.
• Debug, triage, and mitigate issues in live production environments handling massive data flows.
• Continuously improve the system architecture, proposing and driving enhancements based on industry best practices and emerging technologies.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with engineers, PMs, and partner teams to align technical execution with business and product objectives.
• Contribute to engineering excellence, operational rigor, and incident‑free execution for mission‑critical pipelines that support Bing’s web data ecosystem.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor'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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Solid foundation in distributed systems, concurrency, networking, and system design.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem‑solving skills.
• Fluency in English (spoken and written).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master'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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.

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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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