Software Engineer 2 – Frontend (AI)

TL;DR

Frontend Software Engineer 2 (AI): Designing and developing frontend features for Ads UI products, delivering high-quality and scalable single-page web applications. Focus on improving engineering efficiency and code quality by applying AI-assisted coding tools and AI tooling.

Location: Suzhou, China; expected to work from the office at least four days per week if living within a 25-mile commute of the Suzhou office.

Company

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

What you will do

• Design and develop frontend features for Ads UI products, delivering high‑quality and scalable single‑page web applications.
• Work in a frontend‑first architecture with understanding and usage of a lightweight UI server layer built with ASP.NET / C#.
• Use and maintain team‑owned engineering systems, including build, deploy, and test pipelines.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code to continuously improve product quality and user experience.
• Proactively identify technical and UX issues, propose improvements, and drive solutions to completion.
• Explore and apply AI‑assisted coding tools and AI tooling to improve engineering efficiency and code quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• Solid software engineering fundamentals with solid object‑oriented design and problem‑solving skills.
• Solid experience in frontend development using modern web technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, and React.
• Basic backend and server‑side knowledge, with familiarity in C# / ASP.NET or similar technology stacks.
• Understanding of modern web application architecture and frontend‑backend collaboration.
• Fluent in written and spoken English

Nice to have

• Experience with advertising, search, or other B2B products.
• Experience using AI coding tools, or strong interest in applying AI to software engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• Growth mindset and collaboration to realize shared goals.
• Values of respect, integrity, and accountability.
• Culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.