Senior Software Engineer, Advertising Platform at Microsoft
Redmond, WA
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Jul 28, 2026
Redmond, WA
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role focused on building and shipping customer-facing product features end-to-end, from design through live operations. The work involves front-end development with C#, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, integrating AI-powered capabilities into user experiences, and building metrics to measure feature impact. Suited to engineers with solid CS fundamentals and a track record of independent delivery on a product team.
Mid level · 4+ years · Bachelor's required
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The posting presents a tiered minimum qualification structure: the lowest gate is a Bachelor's degree plus 4+ years of experience; alternative paths are a Master's plus 6 years, or a Bachelor's plus 8 years. The 4-year / Bachelor's path is treated as the minimum, driving the overall years minimum of 4 and the degree requirement of Bachelors.
C#, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS are called out with 'outstanding coding experience' in the requirements body and are marked required. The posting uses 'and/or' across them, but all four appear together as the primary front-end stack and are emitted as separate required skills.
React is explicitly flagged as 'highly desirable' (preferred), not required.
The other languages listed in the degree/experience gate (C, C++, Java, Python) are framed as examples of coding languages generally, not as specific technology requirements for this role; Python is captured as a preferred skill with the others as alternatives to reflect this context.
AI development tools experience is listed in the requirements section but framed in aspirational/outcome language ('passion for', 'leveraging') rather than as a hard gate on a specific named tool — captured as preferred.
The mention of 'specialized security screenings' appears to be boilerplate about background checks, not a US government security clearance requirement.
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