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Senior Software Engineer, Ads

Location
Mountain View | United States, CA
Job type
Full-time
Level
Senior
Experience
8+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Listed
29 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • distributed systems
  • Azure cloud
  • C#
  • Java
  • Python

Also useful

  • Azure DevOps
  • event-driven architecture
  • AI/ML tools

About the role

Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features. Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight. Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable. Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.

Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.

Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

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 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.

8+ years of experience building and operating reliable, scalable services and platforms. Experience designing and operating production-scale distributed systems. Experience leveraging AI/ML technologies and AI-powered development tools to build intelligent applications and improve engineering productivity. Solid problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clarity.

Hands-on mindset with a passion for learning new technologies, including emerging AI and cloud-based solutions. Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps and familiarity with its suite of tools for effective collaboration and delivery Familiarity with distributed systems,event driven architectures and Azure cloud. Excellent coding skills, solid in OOPS, OOAD, design patterns and their application.

Solid understanding of Azure cloud platforms, services, and architecture. Ability to both work independently and coordinate across geographies. Ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts to a variety of cross-group stakeholders. Solid organization skills, a bias for action, and ability to deliver results. Proven ability to deal with ambiguity and drive for clarity.

Demonstrated ability to work efficiently, prioritize workflow, ramp quickly, and meet demanding deadlines.

Read the original posting

From Microsoft's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 11, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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