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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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The Principal Software Architect joins the Agentic Security Organization to shape the technical direction of an Agent Platform for Microsoft Security. This role involves defining architecture and engineering patterns to help teams build and operate AI agents securely and reliably at scale. You will design core capabilities including isolation, identity and access controls, observability, and resiliency while establishing reusable patterns for orchestration, tool integration, and state management. You will simplify the developer journey by abstracting infrastructure complexity and translating emerging AI capabilities into practical solutions. The role requires proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. You will solve complex problems regarding production-grade AI systems, ensuring high standards for security, performance, and operational excellence across distributed systems and cloud platforms.
Define the technical vision and end-to-end architecture for the Agent Platform.
Architect systems that ensure AI agents operate securely with isolation, identity controls, and observability.
Establish reusable patterns for agent orchestration, tool integration, state management, and lifecycle monitoring.
Simplify the developer experience by abstracting infrastructure complexity for building and deploying agents.
Translate emerging AI capabilities and security requirements into practical, production-ready solutions.
Validate key designs through hands-on prototyping and code implementation.
Mentor engineers and provide technical judgment to guide long-term platform investments.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline and 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire and every two years thereafter.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 15+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 12+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
5+ years of experience architecting and delivering large-scale distributed systems or cloud platforms with judgment across security, reliability, scalability, performance, and operations (preferred).
5+ years of experience designing developer-facing platforms, APIs, SDKs, or extensible abstractions that simplify infrastructure complexity (preferred).
3+ years of experience building AI-powered applications or platforms with an understanding of agent orchestration and production AI security challenges (preferred).
Demonstrated ability to lead complex designs from concept through production while remaining hands-on with critical technical decisions (preferred).
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