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Posted date: Oct 20, 2025
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Category: Software Engineering
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $222,050
Range: $139,900 - $304,200
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: 3 days / week in-office
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
Microsoft has been leading the AI transformation. Agents are key to this AI-powered business transformation. There will be millions of agents that span all shapes and sizes, coordinate with each other and humans, act autonomously, support decisions, and span every business process. Microsoft Copilot Studio helps organizations improve their business with intelligence.Do you want to work on intelligent, scalable systems that power next-generation AI experiences across the Microsoft ecosystem? If you're looking for an opportunity to dive into generative AI, innovation, and impact, Microsoft Copilot AI Enablement team could be a good fit for you. We are leading the charge in an AI-first world, unlocking agent capabilities for users everywhere and powering intelligent solutions across Microsoft 365 and beyond. Our AI Enablement team is building secure, scalable, and resilient cross-functional services that empower makers and information workers to deliver groundbreaking AI-powered solutions.
We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join us building infrastructure to help deliver seamless, high-quality, and reliable AI powered features to empower Copilot Studio users to create mission-critical AI workloads. You'll work alongside talented teammates from product design and applied science to deliver features that empower users and scale across millions of tenants in the Microsoft ecosystem. In the process, you'll also learn AI, modern tools, technologies, and industry practices as part of a world-class engineering environment that values mentorship and innovation.
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.
Develop new functionalities and architectural patterns to integrate Generative AI into various applications.Deliver highly available, highly reliable services.Develop engagement opportunities for technology, customers and distributed systems.Collaborate with Applied Science & AI experts to design, build, and deliver cutting-edge generative AI features and transform what it means to build AI-first SaaS.Work across various technologies and platforms, embrace and apply modern engineering best practices including CI/CD pipelines, observability, and operational excellence to ensure high quality, maintainability, and resilience in production. Apply a variety of tools and technologies to deliver diverse customer experiences.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications: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.1+ year experience hands on experience working with Generative AI.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:
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.Solid background in developing scalable applications and services on Azure (or other major cloud platforms) with a focus on reliability, resilience, security, and performance.Hands-on experience developing modern applications using React and TypeScript.Ability to deal with ambiguity, deliver in an agile environment, be willing to learn and adopt new technologies/industry trends and have good cross group collaboration skills.Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 25, 2026.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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