Software Engineering IC3 (AI)

TL;DR

Software Engineering IC3 (AI): Designing, building, and operating low-latency, high-throughput systems for Microsoft’s advertising ecosystem with an accent on real-time data processing and integrating AI/ML models. Focus on evolving distributed systems, ensuring reliability and performance at massive scale, and driving engineering excellence.

Location: Bengaluru, India (Onsite)

Company

hirify.global is building next-generation distributed systems to power Microsoft’s multi-billion-dollar Advertising ecosystem.

What you will do

• Design, build, and operate backend services and data pipelines handling billions of requests and terabytes of real-time data.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists, Product Managers, and other engineers to integrate models and deliver globally scalable solutions.
• Participate in design and code reviews, driving engineering excellence across reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team technical direction, architecture, and long-term platform evolution.
• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for service availability, monitoring, on-call rotations, diagnostics, and incident response.
• Continuously adopt new technologies, improve observability, and drive operational excellence for systems at massive scale.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on engineering experience using C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and system design.
• Experience with real-time data processing and streaming platforms like Kafka or Event Hubs.
• Familiarity with Azure or other cloud platforms (compute, storage, monitoring).
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and build systems.
• Knowledge of observability practices: structured logging, telemetry, metrics, and alerting.
• Exposure to AI/ML concepts and experience integrating models into production systems.

Nice to have

• A collaborative team player with a growth mindset and ownership mentality.
• Experience with cloud services beyond Azure.
• Proven ability to contribute to high-quality, maintainable codebases in fast-paced environments.
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and design skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a fast-paced, inclusive team that values ownership, learning, and solving deep technical problems at scale.
• Opportunity to drive measurable impact across Ads and Bing organizations.
• Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.