We are seeking a Sales Excellence Manager who is passionate about combining strategic planning, analytical acumen, and tactical execution to maximize the effectiveness of our Small & Medium Business (SMB) Advertising Sales team.

In this role, you will be a trusted advisor to both the General Manager and Operations Leader of SMB Sales and will need to understand all aspects of their business, including the industry and competitive landscape in their verticals, the playbook for winning market and mindshare, and the resources needed to drive this plan. This role enables Sales with programs, tools, processes, and insights as a competitive differentiator and driver of growth. This opportunity will allow you to balance leading, doing, and influencing, in close partnership with a matrixed partner set. This is a unique position from which to drive thought-leadership, connection, and executional excellence to our key stakeholders. Sales Excellence Managers are adaptive, balance big-picture thinking with a keen eye for details, are energized by inclusive collaboration, and continually raise the bar with world-class operational excellence.

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.

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years experience in sales, sales operations/management, account management, program management, business development, marketing, consulting, or a related field OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience using data to drive business outcomes or inform business decisions.
• 3+ years of experience managing relationships with stakeholders, clients, and/or customers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
• 3+ years managing projects, including planning, managing timelines, and tracking progress, and/or change management experience.
• Solid understanding of the online advertising ecosystem.
• 4+ years managing programs across a matrixed stakeholder set, including planning, managing timelines, tracking progress, and change management experience.
• 4+ years of experience with data-based storytelling that has impacted organizational strategy.
• 4+ years of experience in strategic business planning, including market analysis, resource modeling, and service level definition.
• 3+ years of experience developing incentive or performance acceleration programs with measurable uplift in key metrics.

#MicrosoftAI #MicrosoftAdvertising

Sales Excellence IC4 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 – $203,600 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 $137,600 – $222,600 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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

• Hire, manage, and lead a team of software engineers responsible for delivering secure, reliable, and scalable products
• Ship AI powered experiences that will shape how millions of people will interact with AI in the future 
• Collaborate with Eng, Design and Product leadership to prioritize features and deliver a world-class AI companion to the world 
• Write and review code, ensuring quality, maintainability, and performance, while also setting high standards for engineering excellence across the team.
• Guide architecture and design efforts by leading discussions, creating proposals and design documents, and ensuring solutions meet business, security, and compliance requirements.
• Build and maintain testing strategies, ensuring comprehensive coverage, effective automation, and scalable test frameworks that support continuous integration and deployment.
• Drive implementation of features and systems, breaking down long-term goals into clear milestones, aligning with release plans, and ensuring cross-team coordination.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineeringexperience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python 
  • Or equivalent experience
• 3 years of people management experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Master’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.
• 4+ years people management experience

Software Engineering M5 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 – $274,800 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 $188,000 – $304,200 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

Software Engineering M6 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 – $296,400 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 $220,800 – $331,200 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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Imagine shaping the future of local search for millions of users worldwide. At Bing Places, you’ll join a team that powers business entity relevance on the search results page. You’ll work on cutting-edge tools and metrics that ensure users find the most accurate and meaningful local results. Our team thrives on innovation, leveraging large and small language models, and advanced measurement systems to deliver exceptional quality.

As a Applied Scientist in Bing Places, you will design new relevance metrics, build labeling pipelines, and fine-tune language models to improve search quality. You’ll work on prompt engineering, implement modern language models techniques like Retrieval Augmented Genaration, and create scalable workflows for measurement and evaluation.

This opportunity will allow you to:

• Accelerate your career growth by working on state-of-the-art AI systems.
• Develop deep expertise in prompt engineering and model tuning.
• Hone your skills in building robust data pipelines and quality frameworks.

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.

• Design and implement new relevance metrics to measure and improve local search quality.
• Develop and optimize LLM/SLM labeling pipelines for high-throughput, consistent quality judgments.
• Engineer and fine-tune prompts for LLMs to enhance query understanding and classification accuracy.
• Apply modern LLM techniques such as retrieval-augmented generation for improved grounding and relevance.
• Build scalable workflows and dashboards for measurement, evaluation cycles, and quality checks.
• Analyze failure modes and improve prompt rubrics to reduce defect rates and enhance labeling consistency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate metrics and labeling systems into production environments.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND hands on experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  • OR Master’s Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND hands on experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  • OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field
  • 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.

#MicrosoftAI #MAI #BING

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

About the Team 

Consumer Copilot Security is at the core of Microsoft’s mission to deliver trusted, human-centered AI experiences. We make security and resilience intrinsic to every Copilot interaction—across devices, platforms, and ecosystems. Our work spans secure identity flows, defenses against emerging threats like prompt injection, and privacy-first systems that scale globally. 

About the Role 

Copilot for consumers depends on a rock-solid identity foundation that makes personalized AI experiences safe and seamless across Windows, Edge, web, and mobile. We’re seeking a hands-on Principal Software Engineer to define and lead the strategy for authentication, authorization, and account systems across Copilot experiences, partnering deeply with Microsoft’s central identity platform and related teams. 

You’ll tackle novel risks at the frontier of agential AI, applying proven solutions and inventing new ones where needed. This role demands a rare blend of deep backend engineering expertise, mastery of modern consumer identity protocols, and the ability to make sound trade-offs between risk and velocity—keeping Copilot moving fast while raising the security and reliability bar. 

Why This Role Matters 

Your work will secure AI experiences for hundreds of millions of users worldwide, shaping how people trust and interact with Microsoft’s most transformative products. If you thrive on solving hard technical problems at scale, influencing architecture across platforms, and building systems that balance speed and trust, this is your opportunity to make a global impact. 

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, MAI employees are expected to work from a designated Microsoft office at least four days a week if they live within 50 miles (U.S.) or 25 miles (non-U.S., country-specific) of that location. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

• Identity strategy & architecture: Define the end‑to‑end identity vision for consumer Copilot and MAI, covering user/account models, sign‑in, session management, token issuance/validation, service‑to‑service auth, and cross‑device experiences. 
• Cross‑surface platform leadership: Drive common authentication/SSO patterns and SDKs for Windows, Edge, web, iOS, and Android; ensure seamless UX and consistent security controls across consumer surfaces and modalities. 
• Collaborate with product, engineering, security, privacy, and identity teams across Copilot, MAI and IDNA to drive improvements in authentication, identity, and security. Influence technical direction and best practices across a large, distributed system, ensuring alignment and adoption of key initiatives. 
• Establish, monitor, and continuously improve key authentication metrics across Copilot and MAI. Collaborate with engineering, product, and identity teams to align on a unified ground truth and leverage dashboards for ongoing measurement and root cause analysis 
• Align with central Microsoft Account roadmaps, influence platform capabilities, and land them in Copilot and MAI consumer scenarios at scale. 
• Define and document authentication patterns and requirements for AI-powered, agentic flows. Ensure these patterns address novel risks, support secure delegation, and enable safe orchestration of actions across devices and services. 
• Hands‑on engineering: Ship secure, well‑tested, maintainable code and frameworks that other teams can adopt quickly. 
• Product mindset: Balance customer experience with consumer-grade security, privacy, and compliance expectations for Copilot. 
• Work closely with globally distributed teams, managing effective communication, coordination, and project delivery across multiple time zones. Foster strong cross-regional partnerships to drive identity and authentication improvements at scale.

Required Qualifications:

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

#MicrosoftAI

Software Engineering IC6 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 – $296,400 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 $220,800 – $331,200 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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

About the Team 

Consumer Copilot Security is at the core of Microsoft’s mission to deliver trusted, human-centered AI experiences. We make security and resilience intrinsic to every Copilot interaction—across devices, platforms, and ecosystems. Our work spans secure identity flows, defenses against emerging threats like prompt injection, and privacy-first systems that scale globally. 

About the Role 

Copilot for consumers depends on a rock-solid identity foundation that makes personalized AI experiences safe and seamless across Windows, Edge, web, and mobile. We’re seeking a hands-on Principal Software Engineer to define and lead the strategy for authentication, authorization, and account systems across Copilot experiences, partnering deeply with Microsoft’s central identity platform and related teams. 

You’ll tackle novel risks at the frontier of agential AI, applying proven solutions and inventing new ones where needed. This role demands a rare blend of deep backend engineering expertise, mastery of modern consumer identity protocols, and the ability to make sound trade-offs between risk and velocity—keeping Copilot moving fast while raising the security and reliability bar. 

Why This Role Matters 

Your work will secure AI experiences for hundreds of millions of users worldwide, shaping how people trust and interact with Microsoft’s most transformative products. If you thrive on solving hard technical problems at scale, influencing architecture across platforms, and building systems that balance speed and trust, this is your opportunity to make a global impact. 

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, MAI employees are expected to work from a designated Microsoft office at least four days a week if they live within 50 miles (U.S.) or 25 miles (non-U.S., country-specific) of that location. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

• Identity strategy & architecture: Define the end‑to‑end identity vision for consumer Copilot and MAI, covering user/account models, sign‑in, session management, token issuance/validation, service‑to‑service auth, and cross‑device experiences. 
• Cross‑surface platform leadership: Drive common authentication/SSO patterns and SDKs for Windows, Edge, web, iOS, and Android; ensure seamless UX and consistent security controls across consumer surfaces and modalities. 
• Collaborate with product, engineering, security, privacy, and identity teams across Copilot, MAI and IDNA to drive improvements in authentication, identity, and security. Influence technical direction and best practices across a large, distributed system, ensuring alignment and adoption of key initiatives. 
• Establish, monitor, and continuously improve key authentication metrics across Copilot and MAI. Collaborate with engineering, product, and identity teams to align on a unified ground truth and leverage dashboards for ongoing measurement and root cause analysis 
• Align with central Microsoft Account roadmaps, influence platform capabilities, and land them in Copilot and MAI consumer scenarios at scale. 
• Define and document authentication patterns and requirements for AI-powered, agentic flows. Ensure these patterns address novel risks, support secure delegation, and enable safe orchestration of actions across devices and services. 
• Hands‑on engineering: Ship secure, well‑tested, maintainable code and frameworks that other teams can adopt quickly. 
• Product mindset: Balance customer experience with consumer-grade security, privacy, and compliance expectations for Copilot. 
• Work closely with globally distributed teams, managing effective communication, coordination, and project delivery across multiple time zones. Foster strong cross-regional partnerships to drive identity and authentication improvements at scale.

Required Qualifications:

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

#MicrosoftAI

Software Engineering IC6 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 – $296,400 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 $220,800 – $331,200 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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Join the Copilot for Education team as a Senior Principal Product Manager and lead the 
development of AI‑first learning experiences that help students excel in their schoolwork and educational journeys. This role sits at the intersection of learning science, adaptive technologies, and cutting‑edge AI, driving products that meaningfully improve student outcomes at scale.

You will shape product vision, strategy, and execution across multiple feature areas to create tools that motivate, personalize, and enhance student learning outcomes. Your work will directly impact millions of learners by making education more accessible, effective, and inspiring. Your work will advance Microsoft’s mission to empower every student to achieve more.

Product Strategy & Vision

• Define and own the long‑term product strategy for student‑focused learning tools, integrating learning science, adaptive learning, and AI‑driven workflows.
• Translate complex educational, technical, and market insights into a clear product vision and roadmap across multiple feature areas.
• Drive product‑market fit by synthesizing customer signals, competitive analysis, and research evidence to identify unmet or emerging student needs.
• Establish success metrics (OKRs, KPIs, learning efficacy measures) and ensure alignment with Microsoft’s broader AI strategy.
• Partner with researchers, educators, and data science teams to validate hypotheses, run experiments, and incorporate evidence‑based instructional methods.
• Champion learning efficacy and motivational frameworks into product experiences.
• Identify opportunities to disrupt the education market with innovative, student‑centered solutions that differentiate Copilot for Education.

Cross‑Functional Leadership & Execution

• Lead end‑to‑end product execution —from ideation to launch to iteration—ensuring high standards of quality, security, accessibility, and responsible AI.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, research, marketing, and data teams to deliver cohesive, scalable student experiences.
• Drive alignment resolving complex dependencies and influencing senior stakeholders to support product strategy and investments.
• Use data and AI‑driven insights to continuously improve engagement, retention, and student outcomes.
• Leverage AI‑powered tools and prototyping workflows to accelerate design exploration, experimentation, and iteration.

Required/minimum qualifications:

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.

Additional or preferred qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ 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 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of product management experience, with a strong track record of shipping impactful consumer education technology products. 
• Deep understanding of learning science, adaptive learning, and engagement-driven design
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including research, engineering, design, data, and education stakeholders. 
• Passion for improving educational outcomes and creating engaging, student-centered learning experiences.  
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to leverage data to inform product decisions.  
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, capable of inspiring teams and influencing senior leaders.  
•  

Product Management IC6 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 – $296,400 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 $220,800 – $331,200 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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Join the Copilot for Education team as a Senior Principal Product Manager and lead the 
development of AI‑first learning experiences that help students excel in their schoolwork and educational journeys. This role sits at the intersection of learning science, adaptive technologies, and cutting‑edge AI, driving products that meaningfully improve student outcomes at scale.

You will shape product vision, strategy, and execution across multiple feature areas to create tools that motivate, personalize, and enhance student learning outcomes. Your work will directly impact millions of learners by making education more accessible, effective, and inspiring. Your work will advance Microsoft’s mission to empower every student to achieve more.

Product Strategy & Vision

• Define and own the long‑term product strategy for student‑focused learning tools, integrating learning science, adaptive learning, and AI‑driven workflows.
• Translate complex educational, technical, and market insights into a clear product vision and roadmap across multiple feature areas.
• Drive product‑market fit by synthesizing customer signals, competitive analysis, and research evidence to identify unmet or emerging student needs.
• Establish success metrics (OKRs, KPIs, learning efficacy measures) and ensure alignment with Microsoft’s broader AI strategy.
• Partner with researchers, educators, and data science teams to validate hypotheses, run experiments, and incorporate evidence‑based instructional methods.
• Champion learning efficacy and motivational frameworks into product experiences.
• Identify opportunities to disrupt the education market with innovative, student‑centered solutions that differentiate Copilot for Education.

Cross‑Functional Leadership & Execution

• Lead end‑to‑end product execution —from ideation to launch to iteration—ensuring high standards of quality, security, accessibility, and responsible AI.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, research, marketing, and data teams to deliver cohesive, scalable student experiences.
• Drive alignment resolving complex dependencies and influencing senior stakeholders to support product strategy and investments.
• Use data and AI‑driven insights to continuously improve engagement, retention, and student outcomes.
• Leverage AI‑powered tools and prototyping workflows to accelerate design exploration, experimentation, and iteration.

Required/minimum qualifications:

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.

Additional or preferred qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ 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 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of product management experience, with a strong track record of shipping impactful consumer education technology products. 
• Deep understanding of learning science, adaptive learning, and engagement-driven design
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including research, engineering, design, data, and education stakeholders. 
• Passion for improving educational outcomes and creating engaging, student-centered learning experiences.  
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to leverage data to inform product decisions.  
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, capable of inspiring teams and influencing senior leaders.  
•  

Product Management IC6 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 – $296,400 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 $220,800 – $331,200 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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Join the Copilot for Education team as a Senior Principal Product Manager and lead the 
development of AI‑first learning experiences that help students excel in their schoolwork and educational journeys. This role sits at the intersection of learning science, adaptive technologies, and cutting‑edge AI, driving products that meaningfully improve student outcomes at scale.

You will shape product vision, strategy, and execution across multiple feature areas to create tools that motivate, personalize, and enhance student learning outcomes. Your work will directly impact millions of learners by making education more accessible, effective, and inspiring. Your work will advance Microsoft’s mission to empower every student to achieve more.

Product Strategy & Vision

• Define and own the long‑term product strategy for student‑focused learning tools, integrating learning science, adaptive learning, and AI‑driven workflows.
• Translate complex educational, technical, and market insights into a clear product vision and roadmap across multiple feature areas.
• Drive product‑market fit by synthesizing customer signals, competitive analysis, and research evidence to identify unmet or emerging student needs.
• Establish success metrics (OKRs, KPIs, learning efficacy measures) and ensure alignment with Microsoft’s broader AI strategy.
• Partner with researchers, educators, and data science teams to validate hypotheses, run experiments, and incorporate evidence‑based instructional methods.
• Champion learning efficacy and motivational frameworks into product experiences.
• Identify opportunities to disrupt the education market with innovative, student‑centered solutions that differentiate Copilot for Education.

Cross‑Functional Leadership & Execution

• Lead end‑to‑end product execution —from ideation to launch to iteration—ensuring high standards of quality, security, accessibility, and responsible AI.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, research, marketing, and data teams to deliver cohesive, scalable student experiences.
• Drive alignment resolving complex dependencies and influencing senior stakeholders to support product strategy and investments.
• Use data and AI‑driven insights to continuously improve engagement, retention, and student outcomes.
• Leverage AI‑powered tools and prototyping workflows to accelerate design exploration, experimentation, and iteration.

Required/minimum qualifications:

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.

Additional or preferred qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ 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 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of product management experience, with a strong track record of shipping impactful consumer education technology products. 
• Deep understanding of learning science, adaptive learning, and engagement-driven design
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including research, engineering, design, data, and education stakeholders. 
• Passion for improving educational outcomes and creating engaging, student-centered learning experiences.  
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to leverage data to inform product decisions.  
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, capable of inspiring teams and influencing senior leaders.  
•  

Product Management IC6 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 – $296,400 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 $220,800 – $331,200 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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

The Ads Data Platform Team, part of Microsoft AI (Artificial Intelligence), is hiring a Senior Software Engineer. 

This role is available in Redmond, WA.

Our team powers the backbone of Microsoft’s global ads marketplace—gathering, storing, and enriching over half a trillion ad-serving events every day. We build data platforms that fuel business analytics, machine learning models, and real-time reporting at massive scale. If you’re passionate about solving complex problems and driving innovation, this is the place for you. 

As part of our team, you’ll: 

• Design and operate high-scale, high-performance systems that process billions of events through near-real-time and offline pipelines.
• Build data applications that directly impact Microsoft Ads’ double-digit annual growth.
• Work on cutting-edge technologies in distributed systems, machine learning, and big data. 

Why join us? 

• Online advertising is one of the fastest-growing businesses on the Internet, with $70B of a $600B market already online—and we’re just getting started.
• You’ll tackle technical challenges that demand computational intelligence, scalable algorithms, and interdisciplinary expertise across data mining, optimization, and economics.
• Be part of a results-driven, inclusive culture where your ideas matter and your work create measurable business impact. 

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.

• Work with BingAds stakeholders to determine requirements for new features to drive up Ads business. Create system design for feature requirements. Assure system meets security and compliance requirements and expectations. Creates a clear and articulated plan for testing and assuring quality solutions.
• Implement the features with high efficiency, extensibility, diagnosability, reliability, and maintainability with few defects. Reviews code of product to assure it meets the team’s and Microsoft’s quality standards, is reliable and accurate, and is appropriate for the scale of the product feature.
• Maintain operations of live service as issues arise on a rotational, on-call basis. Identifies solutions and mitigations to simple and complex issues and escalates as necessary. Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions. Responds within Service Level Agreement (SLA) timeframe. Escalate issues to appropriate owners.
• Build knowledge, share new ideas, and share pinpoints of engineering tool gaps to improve software developer tools to support other programs, tools, and applications to create, debug, and maintain code for product features. Contribute to the development of automation within production and deployment of a product feature.
• Profile and analyze distributed system performance and capacity bottlenecks. Propose and implement solutions to improve system latency and capacity to meet BingAds online serving requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• 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.

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 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 in Azure. 
• Experience in Machine learning and online system design, implementation and qualification. 
• 2+ years’ experience in Distributed Systems and Big Data Technologies such as Spark, Hadoop, HDFS, Kafka, Flink, Scala.

#MicrosoftAI #BingAds

Software Engineering IC4 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 – $234,700 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 $158,400 – $258,000 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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Microsoft Advertising empowers the world’s largest advertisers to reach their maximum potential through digital advertising solutions on the Microsoft Advertising platform. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in data engineering and data analytics, with a proven track record of designing and implementing scalable data solutions. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a key role in driving our data strategy, ensuring the integrity and accessibility of our data and leveraging data insights to support business decisions. 

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.

• Collaborate with cross functional teams to understand data requirements and deliver high quality data solutions. 
• Develop and optimize data models to support data analytics. 
• Utilize advanced analytics techniques to extract insights from large datasets and drive data driven decision making. 
• Implement data validation frameworks and monitoring systems to detect and resolve data quality issues. 
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in data pipelines to ensure timely and accurate data delivery 
• Work with a security-first mindset, focusing on system scalability and maintainability. 
• Coach and mentor peers and emerging team members while advocating for best practices.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’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 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 8+ 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 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on data engineering and data analytics. 
• Solid experience with data processing frameworks such as Apache Spark, Hadoop. 
• Expertise in SQL and experience with RDBMS, Key Value stores. 
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and data services. 
• Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team. 
• Solid communication skills.
• Familiarity with Azure. 
• Experience with machine learning and data science tools and frameworks. 
• Knowledge of data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI). 
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

#MicrosoftAI 

Software Engineering IC5 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 – $274,800 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 $188,000 – $304,200 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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.