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Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft

Department: Software Engineering

Compensation

$142,800 – $274,800/yr

Setup
On-site
Location
Redmond, Washington
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

Microsoft is hiring a Software Engineering IC5 to architect and build scalable backend services, data pipelines, and conversion-tracking systems for advertising measurement and campaign optimization. The role leads high-reliability ingestion and processing systems, integrations with advertisers and measurement partners, data quality, diagnostics, testing, monitoring, and engineering quality, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product, data science, privacy, security, reporting, and bidding teams. The position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field and at least six years of technical engineering experience, with additional experience and qualifications preferred.

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