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      <Title>Software Engineer - Backend</Title>
      <Description><![CDATA[<p>The Bing Ads Delivery System team builds and operates the large-scale, low-latency systems that power Microsoft Advertising. Our services run globally, sit on the critical revenue path, and must be highly reliable, efficient, and correct.</p>
<p>We&#39;re looking for a Senior Software Engineer passionate about distributed systems, high-performance C++, and building production-grade services with a solid customer-obsessed and live-site-first mindset.</p>
<p>Microsoft&#39;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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Responsibilities:</p>
<ul>
<li>Design and build large-scale distributed systems for real-time ads delivery.</li>
<li>Write high-performance, reliable C++ code in latency-critical services.</li>
<li>Own services end to end: design, coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and live-site operations.</li>
<li>Drive improvements in performance, scalability, availability, and reliability.</li>
<li>Troubleshoot live-site issues and strengthen system resiliency.</li>
<li>Collaborate with partner teams across Ads Serving, Ranking, and Infrastructure.</li>
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<p>Qualifications:</p>
<ul>
<li>Bachelor&#39;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.</li>
<li>Experience building and operating large-scale, high-availability systems.</li>
<li>Proven ability to debug and operate complex production systems.</li>
<li>Willingness to learn new technologies and continuously grow skills.</li>
<li>Solid ownership, teamwork, and customer focus.</li>
<li>Experience with ads systems, search, or other real-time decision systems.</li>
<li>Background in performance optimization and distributed infrastructure.</li>
</ul>
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      <Jobtype>full-time</Jobtype>
      <Experiencelevel>senior</Experiencelevel>
      <Workarrangement>hybrid</Workarrangement>
      <Salaryrange>Software Engineering IC4</Salaryrange>
      <Skills>C++, Distributed Systems, High-Performance Coding, Production-Grade Services, Customer-Obsessed Mindset, Live-Site-First Approach, Ads Systems, Search, Real-Time Decision Systems, Performance Optimization, Distributed Infrastructure</Skills>
      <Category>Engineering</Category>
      <Industry>Technology</Industry>
      <Employername>Microsoft</Employername>
      <Employerlogo>https://logos.yubhub.co/microsoft.ai.png</Employerlogo>
      <Employerdescription>Microsoft is a multinational technology company that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products, services, and devices.</Employerdescription>
      <Employerwebsite>https://microsoft.ai</Employerwebsite>
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      <Country></Country>
      <Postedate>2026-04-24</Postedate>
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