Senior Software Engineer Job at Microsoft Corporation (Bangalore)

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
India , Bangalore

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

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Job Description:

Online advertising is one of the fastest-growing industries, contributing around $70 billion of a $600 billion market, with billions of ad impressions served daily and terabytes of user data generated. This rapid expansion presents both immense opportunities and technical challenges that demand intelligent, scalable systems and real-time data processing at massive scale. If you're passionate about architecting and maintaining next-generation platforms that power Microsoft’s multi-billion-dollar advertising business, this is the team for you. You'll design and evolve complex systems, apply AI and modern technologies to solve real-world engineering problems, and collaborate across Ads and Bing teams to drive impactful innovation. We’re a fast-paced, inclusive team that values learning, ownership, and solving deep technical problems at scale.

Job Responsibility:

Design and build low-latency, high-throughput systems
collaborate across teams to drive technical initiatives
participate in code reviews to ensure high-quality, scalable, and reliable services
mentor junior engineers
and own product vision, driving new investments and innovations
Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI)
Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform
Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items
Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers 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
Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale

Requirements:

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
Proficiency in data structures and algorithms, with a solid grasp of problem solving and system design principles
Hands-on experience with distributed systems, real-time data processing, and streaming platforms like Kafka or Event Hubs
Familiarity with cloud platforms (preferably Azure), including services for compute, storage, monitoring, and diagnostics
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control systems (e.g., Git), and build tools
Knowledge of observability practices, including telemetry, structured logging, and alerting systems
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Nice to have:

A collaborative team player with curiosity, a growth mindset, and a strong sense of responsibility
Working knowledge of any other cloud service
Demonstrated ability to work in collaborative, cross-functional teams, and contribute to high-quality, maintainable codebases
Excellent skills in design, debugging and problem solving
Proven experience in shipping production-quality code in fast-paced environments
Exposure to AI/ML concepts and practical application of AI tools to solve modern engineering challenges

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 06, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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