Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer
Beijing, China
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Overview
The Index Generation and Serving team is responsible for building and maintaining the infrastructure and pipelines that power index generation for Bing Search Ads. Our key responsibilities include:
• Running and monitoring large-scale data pipelines.
• Developing both batch and real-time pipelines to process massive datasets.
• Collaborating with data scientists to integrate machine learning models into the indexing pipeline.
• Monitoring, debugging, and managing index data, while supporting PMs with data-related issues.
This role is primarily focused on backend systems and big data pipelines, with occasional opportunities to contribute to web portal development. You’ll also be encouraged to leverage LLMs to drive continuous productivity improvements in your areas of ownership.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent industry experience
• 5+ years of experience developing and delivering high-performance, scalable software in Java, C# or C++
• Strong understanding of large-scale distributed systems and microservices architecture, with hands-on experience in containerization and orchestration
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience designing and implementing high-performance, Azure-based services and tools
• Background in working with big data platforms
• Solid knowledge of design patterns, object-oriented analysis and design (OOA/D), and large-scale online distributed systems
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and a commitment to continuous improvement
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Experience in UX development is a plus
Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and manage Streaming and Batch pipelines, supporting key functionalities such as large-scale index construction, web page crawling and feature extraction, image processing, and context re-writing.
• Optimize continuously a platform to manage, schedule, and monitor hundreds of pipelines.
• Optimize continuously a platform to view, track, debug, and operate massive scale Ads Data.
• Evaluate and optimize code and design, to maximize performance, minimize complexity.
• Mentor junior SDE and solely drive feature development from ground zero.