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Software Engineer II

4 years

1 - 5 Lacs

hyderābād

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Remote

Job Type

Full Time

Job Description

Software Engineer II

Hyderabad, Telangana, India


Date posted
Aug 20, 2025
Job number
1861190
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Software Engineering
Discipline
Software Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

Are you passionate about building high-scale, low-latency systems that power intelligent decision-making across billions of daily transactions? Microsoft Monetize is Microsoft’s online advertising platform where advertisers bid to display ads, product listings, and videos to users across web and mobile experiences. It serves as a data-enabled technology platform that optimizes return on investment for both buyers and sellers, while maintaining commitment to an open marketplace and empowering the open web globally. As part of this team, you’ll help build the next generation of backend services that enable real-time bidding, dynamic pricing, and supply optimization.

We’re looking for a solid Software Engineer to join our Monetize engineering team, where you’ll help shape the future of ad delivery and monetization. You’ll work on systems that process massive volumes of data with strict latency and reliability requirements. The problems you’ll tackle include designing scalable APIs, optimizing auction logic, improving system observability, and enhancing live site resilience. You’ll collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and engineers across disciplines to deliver impactful solutions that scale globally.
We’re looking for engineers who are curious, collaborative, and passionate about solving complex technical challenges. If you thrive in fast-paced environments, care deeply about engineering excellence, and want to build systems that make a measurable impact—this is the team for you. 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 or Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding.
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:

  • Proficiency in C/C++ language.
  • Experience in large scale data processing like Kafka, Hadoop and similar areas.
  • Proficient in back-end (API/Server) coding
  • Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and exceptional time management and task execution skills.
  • Excellent skills in design, debugging and problem solving.
  • Passion for customers, product quality and test engineering.
  • Demonstrated experience in shipping high-quality products or services.
  • Experience in ad tech, programmatic advertising, or real-time systems, knowledge of Open RTB, auction theory, or bid optimisation.

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Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable backend services for real-time delivery and decisioning, optimizing for performance, fault tolerance, and resource efficiency.
  • Build and maintain APIs and high-throughput data pipelines to support seamless request processing, partner integrations, and intelligent decision workflows.
  • Improve system reliability and observability through telemetry instrumentation, monitoring dashboards, and resilient service architecture.
  • Lead deep-dive investigations and performance tuning to resolve production issues, minimize latency, and maintain high availability across critical systems.
  • Collaborate with product managers and engineering leaders to align technical execution with business goals, contributing both as a team player and independent problem solver.
  • Champion engineering excellence by advancing automated testing, CI/CD workflows, and maintaining high-quality documentation and design artefacts.
  • Own live site operations, including on-call rotations and root cause analysis, with a quality-first mindset focused on rapid recovery and continuous improvement of service health.
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
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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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