Overview
Help millions of people find the right local businesses and services at the moments that matter most. At Bing Places, we build the systems that power local discovery across Microsoft experiences. You’ll work at the intersection of engineering, data, and product to improve the quality, relevance, and trustworthiness of local search at global scale.
In this role, you’ll build and operate scalable systems that power accurate and trustworthy local search experiences across Microsoft. As a Software Engineer II on Bing Places, you’ll collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and product partners to integrate diverse data sources, improve ranking quality, and ship features used by millions of customers. The role offers solid growth opportunities as you deepen your expertise in distributed systems, geospatial data.
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.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to architecture, engineering standards, and development practices across the team.
- Work with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
- Contribute to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.
- Create and implement code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
- Contribute to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.
- Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gain approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.
- Remain current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
Other Requirements: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
- **Microsoft Cloud Background Check: **This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ 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 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
1+ with data engineering leveraging tools such as Apache Hadoop or Spark or equivalent experience.
Experience with Azure Cloud, Azure Data Factory (ADF)
3+ years of experience in solving, design, coding, and debugging skills.
Demonstrated experience with products that involve high availability/reliability and low latency systems.
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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 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
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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