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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 to design and develop scalable cloud services for Microsoft Advertising, leading architecture across teams, driving technical strategy, and delivering critical platform capabilities at global scale.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and evolve highly scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems.
  • 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 designMicrosoft Azure / AWS / cloud platformsBackend development
Last updated Aug 6, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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