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Senior Software Engineer, Ads Platform

Microsoft· Software Engineering
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Redmond, WA$119.8k - $234.7kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer for Microsoft Advertising Platform responsible for designing and building scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems and customer-facing experiences, leading technical design across teams, and driving engineering excellence in a large-scale cloud environment.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and evolve highly scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems and customer-facing experiences across frontend and backend platforms.
  • Lead the technical design and architecture of complex product features and services, driving engineering excellence and long-term maintainability.
  • Partner closely with Product Management, Data Science, Engineering, and Platform teams to define strategy, requirements, and execution plans.
  • Drive end-to-end delivery of critical projects, including design reviews, implementation, monitoring, experimentation, and operational excellence.
  • Use telemetry, A/B experimentation, and customer insights to identify opportunities, improve product health, and enhance customer experience.
  • Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, and help raise the engineering bar through code reviews, design reviews, and best practices.
  • Influence technical direction across multiple teams and contribute to platform-wide architectural decisions.

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, or Python - OR equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Distributed systems
Last updated Jul 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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