MSAN is part of Bing Ads division. MSAN’s Data Platform Team is responsible for providing platforms in the areas of data processing, stream processing, ML engineering, and job scheduling, to business teams within MSAN and beyond. We also build and manage data/ML processing pipelines that are common to our business teams and help partners in optimizing their pipelines for performance and resource efficiency, and reliability.

We are looking for a senior engineer to help widen and refine our platforms’ capabilities.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:

• Design and implement features in our data processing platforms and scheduling services which prioritize ease of use, functionality, efficiency, scalability and reliability.

• Actively look for and develop new ideas to improve performance efficiency, resource efficiency, scalability and reliability.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Applied Scientists, ML Engineers, and Product Managers in business teams in MSAN to help design and manage their data/stream processing pipelines.

• Actively contribute to your team members’ technical growth and development.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 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, Java, Scala, C, C++ OR equivalent experience.

• 2+ years experience in at least one of the following areas: large scale distributed data processing, database systems, and AI/ML engineering.

Additional or preferred qualifications

• 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, Java, Scala, C, C++ 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, Java, Scala, C, C++ OR equivalent experience.

• Solid ability to diagnose failures in distributed systems and pipelines and troubleshoot performance/efficiency issues.

• Experienced in large-scale distributed data processing frameworks such as Flink and Spark. Familiarity with Airflow, Kafka, and distributed Key-Value stores.Familiarity working with ML models and integrating them into pipelines in highly scalable and performant ways.

• Familiarity working with/on LLMs in QPS-constrained scenarios, prompt engineering and systems to manage prompts.

• Solid analytical, communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to thrive in a multi-cultural team distributed across multiple geographies.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $153,600 - $250,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until February 9, 2025.

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