Senior Software Engineering, Ads Platform

What you'll do

• 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
• Partner 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 and improve product health and customer experience
• Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, and raise engineering standards through code and design reviews
• Influence technical direction across multiple teams and contribute to platform-wide architectural decisions

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python or equivalent experience
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements including Microsoft Cloud Background Check
• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience or Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience or equivalent
• Solid computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, software design, and distributed systems
• Proven experience designing, building, deploying, and operating large-scale, highly available, and secure cloud services
• Excellent technical design, problem-solving, debugging, and performance optimization skills
• 5+ years experience architecting, developing, deploying, and operating distributed systems in production
• Ability to independently drive complex technical initiatives from concept to production
• Experience leading technical design discussions and influencing engineering decisions across teams
• Strong collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience working effectively in ambiguous environments balancing short-term delivery with long-term investments
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS, or similar cloud platforms
• Knowledge of modern web technologies, service-oriented architectures, observability, reliability engineering, and data-driven development
• Preferred experience in online advertising, search, e-commerce, AI-powered experiences, or large-scale consumer products
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience leading large-scale platform modernization, cloud migration, or architectural transformation
• Experience with AI/ML-enabled products, Copilot experiences, recommendation systems, or data-intensive applications
• Track record of mentoring engineers and driving engineering excellence
• Experience operating services at global scale with focus on reliability, performance, security, and compliance

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Benefits