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Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft

Department: Software Engineering

Compensation

$142,800 – $274,800/yr

Setup
On-site
Location
Redmond, Washington · Mountain View, California
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

Microsoft is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to lead technical direction for the Bing Ads auction platform, including the ads serving stack, core auction and pricing engine, scalability, reliability, observability, and AI-powered advertising capabilities. The role owns critical components end-to-end, drives high-impact technical initiatives, sets architectural direction, mentors engineers, and improves operational excellence for a high-scale, low-latency platform serving billions of requests daily. Candidates need a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field and at least six years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python; equivalent experience is accepted. The role is open for at least five days with applications accepted until the position is filled.

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