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Work type: Hybrid
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Salary: $100,600–$199,000 / yr
Posted: 58 days ago

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This role $150k

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

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As a Software Engineer II on the Copilot Security team at Microsoft, you will play a crucial role in designing and implementing security features that protect users across various ecosystems from threats like prompt injection and adversarial manipulation. Your day-to-day responsibilities include building secure orchestration frameworks for agentic AI, contributing to intelligent agents with robust guardrails, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure best practices are adopted. You will also monitor key metrics for reliability and user trust while writing documentation on secure patterns. Ideal candidates have 1-2 years of experience in large-scale distributed systems, a background in security-critical or AI-powered systems, and familiarity with cloud development tools like Docker and Kubernetes. This role offers the opportunity to shape how hundreds of millions of users interact safely with innovative AI technologies.

Skills

Docker Kubernetes Python Go CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL AWS Azure Git GitHub Terraform JSON YAML REST GraphQL Swagger OAuth JWT SAML OpenAPI Distributed Systems Microservices Cloud Native MLOps LangFuse MLFlow Phoenix

What you'll do

Build security features to protect Copilot from prompt injection and adversarial threats.
Implement secure orchestration components for safe cross-platform execution of Copilot actions.
Develop intelligent agents with information-flow reasoning and privacy constraints.
Monitor key metrics for agentic AI security to enhance reliability and user trust.
Write documentation on secure agentic patterns, including delegation guidelines and risk considerations.
Expand technical scope and ownership in AI security systems over time.

What we're looking for

Solid experience building production-quality software systems
1–2+ years working with large-scale distributed systems or services
Experience in security-critical, privacy-sensitive, or AI-powered systems
Familiarity with agentic AI concepts like tool calling and orchestration
Knowledge of modern cloud development tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly across teams
Demonstrated high growth potential and quick learning velocity

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