Senior Software Engineer

JoinMicrosoft's Ads SDKs teamand help shape the future of digital advertising at global scale. We operate in one of the fastest-growing areas of the industry, building high-performance advertising SDKs and platform capabilities that enable monetization across diverse applications and environments.

We're innovating rapidly - solving hard problems inSDK design, reliability, performance, and observabilityto deliver best-in-class tools for developers and partners. You'll work on systems that matter, collaborate across engineering and product teams, and see your work directly influence business growth.

Be part of this exciting journey with Microsoft's Ads SDKs team andmake a lasting impact on the future of digital advertising.

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• 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.

• 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.