Take ownership of critical product and platform areas of the Ads Billing system.
Set a high technical and quality bar for agentic systems and developer-facing tooling.
Design and ship performant, reliable terminal experiences that developers and advertisers depend on for daily work.
Use data, benchmarks, and direct user feedback to guide iteration and investment.
Collaborate across org boundaries to enable other teams to build Ads products on top of a shared foundation.
Influence architecture, technical direction, and engineering standards beyond your immediate team.
Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and work with team members by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Bachelor'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
o 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.
Preferred Qualifications
Master'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
o OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
o OR equivalent experience.
Hands-on experience design, building and operating AI agent/MCP in production, with direct ownership over quality, reliability, and iteration.
Good experience building and shipping customer-facing developer interfaces/products, with depth across platform/foundation systems and user-facing experiences.
Solid product mindset with a track record of owning ambiguous problem spaces and driving them to high-quality outcomes.
Solid engineering fundamentals, including systems design, performance, and debugging in complex production environments.
Experience designing, running, and optimizing evaluations for platforms,
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
