Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, design, development, and optimization of global, low-latency shopping ads, travel, and product graph systems.
• Partner with scientists, engineers, and product leaders to turn research and prototypes into reliable production systems.
• Advance AI-native development through coding agents, agentic engineering, harness engineering, and vibe coding.
• Drive cross-organizational initiatives, make key architectural decisions, and identify opportunities aligned with Microsoft’s commerce and advertising strategy.
• Mentor engineers, raise technical excellence, and reshape AI-driven development workflows.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.
• Extensive experience architecting, developing, and operating highly reliable, massive-scale, globally distributed production systems, particularly big data infrastructure.
• Hands-on expertise in one or more of the following areas: online advertising, information retrieval, large-scale data processing, microservices, distributed systems, real-time streaming technologies such as Kafka, Flink, or Spark Streaming, or AI infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-team technical strategy, influence key decisions, and align engineering, data science, and product management to turn research and business ideas into production systems in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
• Hands-on experience with AI-driven development practices, including coding agents, agentic workflows, harness engineering, or AI-assisted software development.
• Solid communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across globally distributed, multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred

• 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.
• Demonstrated startup and entrepreneurial mindset, including comfort with uncertainty, bias for action, customer focus, continuous learning, and rapid experimentation.
• Ability to quickly evaluate, adopt, and apply emerging AI technologies to real-world engineering challenges.
• Passion for solving complex technical problems and improving system performance, scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.
• Fast learner and ability to independently manage and complete several tasks at once.