Senior Software Engineer

• Lead thedesign, architecture, and developmentof key components of the Windows Ads SDK, making informed design decisions that balanceperformance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Build and enhanceCI/CD pipelines, test infrastructure, and automationto enable reliable, high-quality, and frequent releases, including validation in non-production environments.
• Design and implementfeatures and enhancementsthat improve the ad delivery experience on Windows platforms while meeting Microsoft standards forsecurity, privacy, accessibility, and compliance.
• Collaborate with architects and cross-functional engineering teams toevaluate design options, document tradeoffs, and evolve solutions that integrate cleanly with existing systems.
• Drivedata-informed feature rollouts, leveraging telemetry and experimentation to monitor feature health, system performance, and customer impact.
• Participate in and influencedesign and code reviews, applying secure design principles, sharing best practices, and contributing to a culture of engineering excellence.
• Work closely with partner teams to ensureend-to-end readiness, including integration testing, live-site coverage, clear ownership, and defined escalation paths prior to production releases.

• 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.

Other Requirements: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter., * Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.

• 6+ yearsof professional software engineering experience building, shipping, and maintainingproduction-grade software systems.
• 4+ yearsof hands-on experience withC++, C#, .NET, and Windows development frameworks such asWin32 API, WinUI3 and/or UWP, along with working knowledge ofJavaScript.
• Experience designing and optimizing software forperformance, reliability, and efficient resource utilizationacross diverse runtime environments and deployment scenarios.
• Experience building or integrating systems incloud-based environments, including telemetry, monitoring, CI/CD pipelines, or backend service interactions.
• Ability to work effectively acrossmultiple domains, technologies, and ambiguous problem spaces, adapting quickly to evolving requirements.
• Familiarity withadvertising technology conceptssuch as SDK development, ad delivery pipelines, telemetry, experimentation, or monetization platforms is a strong plus.

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Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

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