Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 8+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles
  • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 12+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles
  • OR Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 15+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Consistent history of working directly with product, engineering, and go-to-market (GTM) leadership managing multiple complex, large-scale product launches and go-to-market strategies simultaneously.
• 5+years of product operations experience that includes product development lifecycle experience
• 5+ years of experience with product roadmap management and strategic planning for product releases 

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Business Management IC6 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 – $277,200 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 $165,600 – $303,600 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.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 8+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles
  • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 12+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles
  • OR Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 15+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Consistent history of working directly with product, engineering, and go-to-market (GTM) leadership managing multiple complex, large-scale product launches and go-to-market strategies simultaneously.
• 5+years of product operations experience that includes product development lifecycle experience
• 5+ years of experience with product roadmap management and strategic planning for product releases 

#MicrosoftAI 

Business Management IC6 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 – $277,200 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 $165,600 – $303,600 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.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls
  • 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, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls
  • OR Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
• Experience with customer-facing tier 3 technical support or within a software development organization.
• Proficiency in developing tools and automation in C# to improve operational efficiency.

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Service 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.

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.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls
  • 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, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls
  • OR Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
• Experience with customer-facing tier 3 technical support or within a software development organization.
• Proficiency in developing tools and automation in C# to improve operational efficiency.

#MicrosoftAI 

Service 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.

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.

• Design and build large-scale Copilot memory and personalization systems leveraging search, embeddings, retrieval, ranking, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Apply subject-matter expertise in cross-product features, collaborating with appropriate stakeholders to drive project plans, release plans, and deliverables across multiple groups.
• Hold accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
• Proactively seek out new knowledge and adapt to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and share knowledge with other engineers.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, design-driven, product development cycle.
• Navigate ambiguity and clear roadblocks to deliver solutions quickly and iteratively, ensuring they reach users effectively.
• Embody our culture and values

• 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.

• 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 Master’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.
• Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and are comfortable making progress in ambiguity.
• Experience building and deploying machine learning or large language model (LLM) applications at scale.
• Experience designing and implementing large-scale embedding, retrieval, and ranking systems.

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

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.

Required Qualifications:

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.

Required Qualifications:

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 (MSA) empowers the largest advertisers around the world to reach their maximum potential through our omni-channel, multi-format, global platforms.

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 Advertising Sales team.

In this role, you will be a trusted advisor to the Regional Vice President of Sales and other Sales Directors. You 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, strategy, 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.

· Business Partnership and Enablement

o Drives sales growth through business and portfolio planning. Analyzes the market outlook and leverages business insights that benchmark performance and makes suggestions on current and future actions based on key drivers, opportunities, and/or risks. Supports the integration, alignment, and execution on the actions defined in plans.

· Enables Sales Motion Strategy

o Enables sales teams to execute strategies for opportunity management (e.g., up-sell, cross-sell, renewal, recapture). Contributes to operationalizing prioritized sales plans and industry solutions. Identifies opportunities to generate new business and accelerate the closing of existing opportunities.

· Sales Coaching for Growth and Success

o Coaches and builds relationships with sales team on executing key priorities. Engages sales managers to become more effective coaches to front-line sellers. Helps sales team achieve increased individual and team knowledge, sales capability, and collaborative selling efforts. Also contributes to optimizing sales team processes and utilization of sales tools and reporting.

· Leverages Insights & Reporting

o Contributes to analytics on key revenue drivers (e.g., by vertical/product/geo). Leverages reporting and analytical capabilities to generate data-based insights and enable visibility into revenue and forecast for sellers, sales managers, leaders, and partners.

· Driving Sales Process Discipline

o Instills process discipline, consistency, adherence to standards and excellence in execution, and shares best practices within their team. Holds sales managers accountable for account plan quality, completeness, and pipeline health.

· Extending Executive Capacity

o Represents as an internal advocate and an extension of Sales leadership. Advises on and contributes to various aspects of business management (e.g., employee engagement, resource allocation, change management, building high-performing teams) in collaboration with leadership and cross-functional teams.

Required/Minimum Qualifications (RQs/MQs)

· 8+ years’ experience in sales, sales operations/management, account management, program management, business development, marketing, consulting, or a related field

o OR equivalent experience.

· 7+ years of experience using data to drive business outcomes or inform business decisions.

· 7+ years of experience managing relationships with stakeholders, clients, and/or customers.

· Proficient English and Chinese language skills

Additional or Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

· Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.

· Strong understanding of the online advertising ecosystem.

· 9+ years managing programs across a matrixed stakeholder set, including planning, managing timelines, tracking progress, and change management experience.

· 7+ years of experience with data-based storytelling that has impacted organizational strategy.

· 7+ years of experience in strategic business planning, including market analysis, resource modeling, and service level definition.

· 6+ years of experience developing incentive or performance acceleration programs with measurable uplift in key metrics.

· 5+ years of digital marketing experience

· Proficient SQL, Excel, PowerPoint, PBI, Databricks and other data analysis tools

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.

Online advertising is one of the fastest‑growing industries, contributing over $70B to a $600B global market and generating billions of daily ad impressions. Delivering these experiences requires intelligent, resilient, and highly scalable platforms capable of processing massive real‑time data streams.

If you’re passionate about building next‑generation distributed systems that power Microsoft’s multi‑billion‑dollar Advertising ecosystem, this is the team for you.

You’ll design and evolve high‑performance backend services, apply modern engineering and AI‑driven techniques to solve real‑world challenges, and collaborate across Ads and Bing organizations to drive measurable impact. We’re a fast‑paced, inclusive team that values ownership, learning, and solving deep technical problems at scale.

We’re looking for a self‑motivated Backend Software Engineer to join the Vertical Ads engineering team within Microsoft Advertising. You will design, implement, and operate low‑latency, high‑throughput systems that power next‑generation vertical ad experiences across search and partner surfaces.

In this role, you will:

• Design, build, and operate backend services and data pipelines that handle billions of requests and terabytes of data in real time.
• Work side‑by‑side with Data Scientists to integrate models, features, and signals into reliable, production‑grade systems.
• Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and engineers across Ads to deliver globally scalable solutions.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and drive engineering excellence across reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team technical direction, architecture, and long‑term platform evolution.
• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI)—owning service availability, monitoring, on‑call rotations, diagnostics, and incident response.
• Continuously adopt new technologies, improve observability, and drive operational excellence for systems at massive scale.

Core Engineering Responsibilities:

• Create, optimize, debug, refactor, and maintain code for performance, reliability, and ROI.
• Write design documents, identify dependencies, and contribute to system roadmaps and release plans.
• Partner closely with stakeholders to drive project execution across engineering, PM, and data science.
• Improve availability, efficiency, and performance through data‑driven engineering and modern operational practices.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of hands‑on engineering experience using C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and system design.
• Experience with real‑time data processing and streaming platforms like Kafka or Event Hubs.
• Familiarity with Azure or other cloud platforms (compute, storage, monitoring).
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and build systems.
• Knowledge of observability practices: structured logging, telemetry, metrics, and alerting.
• Exposure to AI/ML concepts and experience integrating models into production systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A collaborative team player with a growth mindset and ownership mentality.
• Experience with cloud services beyond Azure.
• Proven ability to contribute to high‑quality, maintainable codebases in fast‑paced environments.
• Strong debugging, problem‑solving, and design skills.

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 Microsoft AI, a team at the forefront of developing cutting-edge technologies. We build and operate one of the largest distributed systems in existence, powering Microsoft Ads and delivering billions of ad requests globally under tight latency, cost, and reliability constraints. Delivering relevant ads efficiently at this scale requires innovation across the full stack: models, kernels, serving systems, and GPU/accelerator infrastructure. This is a self-motivated and results-driven environment that will unleash your potential.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the design and development of low-latency, high-throughput services in C++, architect scalable microservices, and optimize system performance across CPU and GPU. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, influence technical direction, and mentor engineers while driving engineering excellence.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build large-scale distributed systems and microservices with low latency and high throughput.
• Optimize system performance.
• Drive innovation across the full stack
• Lead design and code reviews, ensuring best practices and engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with partner teams (ML, infrastructure) to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering technical growth and leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 6+ years of software development experience in industry.
• Experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java,
• Experience in object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building low-latency, high-throughput backend systems in online services or similar domains.
• Experience with C++
• Excellent leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven experience architecting and implementing large-scale distributed systems and microservices.
• Practical experience with GPU programming (CUDA or similar frameworks) and optimizations is added advantage

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.