Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft

Job Summary

Microsoft seeks a Software Engineering Manager to design, implement, and optimize complex algorithms for large datasets within their online advertising division. This role involves collaborating with scientists and engineers on a global scale, developing large-scale online/offline platform tools, and creating novel algorithms for sponsored search. Responsibilities include architecting cloud-based applications, analyzing massive datasets to identify improvements, and ideating on new advertising avenues. The ideal candidate will possess strong experience in data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and people management, along with expertise in relevant programming languages (C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python) and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS).

Must Have

  • 8+ years experience or Master's with 6+ years
  • Strong algorithms and data structures skills
  • Experience with Azure, AWS, or similar cloud platforms
  • Distributed systems & microservices experience
  • 2+ years people management experience

Good to Have

  • Experience with Big Data technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Cosmos)
  • BTech/MTech experience

Perks & Benefits

  • Industry leading healthcare
  • Educational resources
  • Discounts on products and services
  • Savings and investments
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Generous time away
  • Giving programs
  • Networking opportunities

Job Description

Overview

What if your job description were simply “make tomorrow better?” Every day at Microsoft, we bring an insatiable curiosity to the workplace, challenging ourselves to reimagine what it is and what it can be. We build on what’s come before to create what’s next. We help shape the future and we empower billions of people around the globe. 


Online Advertising is one of the fastest growing businesses on the Internet today, with about $70 billion of a $600 billion advertising market already online. Search engines, web publishers, major ad networks, and ad exchanges are now serving billions of ad impressions per day and generating terabytes of user events data every day. The rapid growth of online advertising has created enormous opportunities as well as technical challenges that demand computationally intelligence and scalable algorithms. Eventually Computational Advertising has emerged as a new interdisciplinary field that involves information retrieval, data mining, machine learning, statistical modeling, optimization, linear algebra, and micro-economics, to solve challenging problems that arise in online advertising.  

We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager  who has shipped products or worked on large scale online services and has relevant software development experience. This is a rare opportunity to influence technology development in an important growth area at Microsoft.  You will design, implement, analyze and tune complex algorithms operating on large datasets in collaboration with top scientists and engineers across Microsoft’s global R&D team.

 

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.

Qualifications

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 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 equivalent experience.
  • Strong command over manipulating data structures and developing efficient algorithms.
  • Experience working with Azure, AWS or other cloud platforms.
  • Experience with distributed systems design and implementation, especially microservices architecture.
  • 2+ years people management experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience working with Big Data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, Cosmos etc. is preferred.
  • BTech/MTech experience. 

Responsibilities

  • Design and development of large scale online and offline platform tools for Ads related products.
  • Develop novel algorithms in the space of sponsored search to constantly improve the operational efficacy and monetization impact to stake holders .
  • Architect new designs and develop features for cloud-based applications.
  • Analyze Giga/Tera bytes of logs and create observation/opportunities and avenues of improvements in the system.
  • Ideate on newer aspects of advertising avenues and augment the platform with richer products for the stake holders.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

12 Skills Required For This Role

Java Javascript Algorithms Spark Microservices Azure Linear Algebra Aws Data Structures Python Hadoop Data Analytics