Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

16h

About The Position

Help reinvent how advertising outcomes are measured in the AI era. You’ll join Microsoft Advertising in building the always-on measurement foundations that power performance, trust, and optimization at global scale. You’ll work on systems that transform raw conversion events into actionable attribution signals—so advertisers can understand what worked, what didn’t, and how to improve as customer journeys evolve.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Conversion & Attribution engineering team, you will strengthen the near real-time conversion pipeline—collecting and processing conversion events with low latency, and producing attribution signals used for reporting and campaign optimization. You’ll raise the bar on reliability, observability, and operational excellence for business-critical services, and help evolve our attribution platform toward a more unified, configurable architecture that supports cross-scenario needs.
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.
Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

Requirements

• 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, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• 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, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python 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, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with streaming / near real-time processing and data pipeline reliability patterns (SLOs/SLAs, backpressure, late events, idempotency).
• Experience with ads measurement / conversion tracking / attribution systems, and familiarity with privacy- and compliance-aware handling of measurement/telemetry data evolves in the era of AI.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with engineering, product, and data partners to define requirements for conversion measurement and attribution scenarios, including latency and correctness goals.
• Drives dependency alignment and produces design docs for near real-time conversion/attribution services, including data contracts and operational readiness.
• Builds, optimizes, and maintains code to improve throughput, latency, reliability, and maintainability of conversion and attribution pipelines.
• Leads improvements to observability (metrics, dashboards, logging, alerting) and contributes to unified monitoring/alerting practices where applicable.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following operational playbooks.
• Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends and patterns to improve availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees