Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Microsoft · Big Tech · Vancouver, BC +1 · Software Engineering

Senior Software Engineer role focused on building high-performance advertising SDKs and platform capabilities for digital advertising at Microsoft. The role involves leading design, architecture, development, and enhancement of Windows Ads SDK components, improving ad delivery experience, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Emphasis on performance, reliability, scalability, security, privacy, and compliance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the design, architecture, and development of key components of the Windows Ads SDK, making informed design decisions that balance performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
  2. Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines, test infrastructure, and automation to enable reliable, high-quality, and frequent releases, including validation in non-production environments.
  3. Design and implement features and enhancements that improve the ad delivery experience on Windows platforms while meeting Microsoft standards for security, privacy, accessibility, and compliance.
  4. Collaborate with architects and cross-functional engineering teams to evaluate design options, document tradeoffs, and evolve solutions that integrate cleanly with existing systems.
  5. Drive data-informed feature rollouts, leveraging telemetry and experimentation to monitor feature health, system performance, and customer impact.

Skills

Required

  • 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
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements

Nice to have

  • 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
  • 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
  • 4+ years experience in a collaborative environment.
  • 6+ years of professional software engineering experience building, shipping, and maintaining production-grade software systems.
  • 4+ years of hands-on experience with C++, C#, .NET, and Windows development frameworks such as Win32 API, WinUI3 and/or UWP, along with working knowledge of JavaScript.
  • Experience designing and optimizing software for performance, reliability, and efficient resource utilization across diverse runtime environments and deployment scenarios.
  • Experience building or integrating systems in cloud-based environments, including telemetry, monitoring, CI/CD pipelines, or backend service interactions.
  • Ability to work effectively across multiple domains, technologies, and ambiguous problem spaces, adapting quickly to evolving requirements.
  • Familiarity with advertising technology concepts such as SDK development, ad delivery pipelines, telemetry, experimentation, or monetization platforms.