Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer, Ads Platform
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 31, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of technical engineering experience required; equivalent experience accepted. Preferred alternatives include a relevant master's degree and 6+ years, or a relevant bachelor's degree and 8+ years, or equivalent experience.
- 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 capabilities, shaping architecture and improving product performance through experimentation and customer insights.
What you'll do
- Design and evolve scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems; lead technical design and architecture.
- Drive project delivery from design and implementation through monitoring, experimentation, and operations; use telemetry and customer insights to improve products.
- Collaborate across teams, mentor engineers, and influence platform-wide technical decisions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in a listed language, or equivalent experience.
- 4+ years' experience building scalable, secure, high-performance backend products and services.
- Knowledge of distributed systems design and Microsoft Azure, AWS, or similar cloud platforms.
- Knowledge of modern web technologies, service-oriented architectures, observability, reliability engineering, and data-driven development.
Nice to have
- Experience with data-intensive applications and AI/ML-enabled products.
- Experience in online advertising, search, e-commerce, or large-scale consumer products.
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
Build advertising platform capabilities using AI technologies; experience with AI/ML-enabled products is preferred.
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