Microsoft
Principal Software Engineer
United States, Washington, Redmond · Principal
Sponsorship not specified$143k-$275kDetected 1 day ago
JavaScriptPythonJavaGoC++C#Distributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentSQLAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsCI/CDData EngineeringData ScienceA/B TestingTest AutomationLeadershipMentoringMicrosoft Office
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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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About the role
- Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
- This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.
Responsibilities
- Architect and build highly scalable backend services and data pipelines that power conversion tracking, attribution, reporting, and campaign optimization.
- Design end-to-end conversion workflows across online and offline signals, including conversion goals, event ingestion, identity matching, deduplication, attribution windows, and value processing.
- Lead engineering direction for high-reliability ingestion and processing systems with clear SLOs, solid resiliency, data quality controls, and top-tier operational excellence.
- Drive integrations with advertisers and external measurement partners, designing stable interfaces, schema governance patterns, consent-aware data handling, and robust validation.
- Champion engineering quality through design reviews, automated testing, monitoring and alerting, and production readiness.
- Mentor and guide engineers across the team, strengthening system design depth, architectural thinking, and execution rigor.
- Collaborate closely with product, data science, privacy, security, reporting, and bidding teams to translate advertiser measurement needs into scalable platform capabilities.
- Lead the engineering team in applying best practices and AI development tools across the software development lifecycle.
- Microsoft AI Experiences Monetization is building the next generation of advertising measurement and conversion systems.
- As digital advertising evolves, advertisers need accurate, privacy-safe ways to capture conversion signals, attribute outcomes to advertising interactions, understand performance, and optimize spend.
Requirements
- 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.
- This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice to have
- OR equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of experience building and operating large‑scale distributed systems, backend services, or data platforms.
- Solid skills in C#, Java, Go, or Python, and experience with SQL or data-processing frameworks.
- Demonstrated leadership driving technical architecture, cross‑team execution, and mentoring senior engineers.
- Experience with conversion tracking, attribution systems, event processing, identity signals, data quality, or privacy-aware advertising measurement.
- Background in advertising, marketing technology, conversion measurement, attribution, reporting, or large-scale analytics.
- Experience with web, app, or offline conversion signals, conversion goals, attribution models, optimization signals, or measurement diagnostics.
- Experience integrating third-party measurement platforms, identity systems, advertiser data sources, or consent-aware event pipelines.
Compensation
- $143k-$275k
Benefits
- Improve conversion accuracy, freshness, coverage, and explainability through diagnostics, reconciliation, experimentation, and automated monitoring.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer.
- If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the
Visa & Work Authorization
- 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
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