Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years technical engineering experience required; preferred alternatives include 6+ years with a Master's Degree, or 8+ years with a Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent experience. Preferred backend experience: 4+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads the design, development, and delivery of scalable advertising platform services and distributed systems, shaping architecture and improving product performance through telemetry, experimentation, and customer insights.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and evolve scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems and platform capabilities.
- Lead technical architecture and end-to-end delivery, partnering across product, data science, engineering, and platform teams.
- Mentor engineers and use telemetry, experimentation, and customer insights to improve product health and customer experience.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience coding, OR equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice to have
- Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience coding; OR Bachelor's Degree in a related field AND 8+ years; OR equivalent experience.
- Experience building scalable backend services, distributed systems, cloud platforms, data-intensive or AI/ML-enabled products; advertising, search, e-commerce, or large-scale consumer products experience is a plus.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Microsoft Azure, AWS
AI focus
The platform leverages AI technologies; preferred experience includes data-intensive applications and AI/ML-enabled products.
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