Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Ads is now a 10+ billion-dollar business for Microsoft. If listening to customers and conceiving + developing great products is your forte, we’d love to hear from you. We are a team that works closely with the top brand name companies in the world to help improve their ROI on Microsoft Ads. We are a nimble and agile team that drives solutions, incubates new initiatives, shapes up the engineering roadmap and in general aspires to deliver greater value to our advertisers.   

In this role, you will be responsible for developing and enhancing the capabilities of our features empowered by AI/LLM, ensuring it provides valuable performance-based insights and recommendations to our customers. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, product managers, and UX designers, to deliver innovative solutions that address the critical needs of our advertisers. 

We ship code to production every day so you can see your results and make an impact quickly.  Our platform is built entirely (UI, MT, DB, ML) on Azure so you can learn and use the coolest and newest technology. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our team, come join us and make a difference! 

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.

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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, React, TypeScript or Python
  • OR equivalent experience. 
• 4+ years of experience on architecting, developing, deploying, and monitoring Distributed Systems
• 3+ years of experience in full stack development, including front-end and back-end technologies

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, React, TypeScript or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated CS fundamentals, experience in building scalable, secure, high performance products and services 
  
• Proven technical design, problem solving and debugging skills, proven track record in shipping software on time, with high quality 
• Great team player and communicator, strong believer in collaboration and teamwork. 
  
• Experience and success in working with ambiguity and taking risks.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure, AWS or similar cloud computing platforms. 
• Prior experience in online search/ads products. 
• Proven verbal and written communication skills. 

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 1, 2024. 

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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• Design and develop high scale modern services, apps, and integration solutions. 

• Work across partner teams to understand scenarios, requirements and drive solutions to delivery. 

• Instrument product areas, gather and analyze telemetry to assess scenario health and make improvements that benefit customers. 

• Mentor developers on the team.