Principal Software Engineer, AI / Agentic Developer Productivity

What you'll do

• Own and deliver complete features across the development lifecycle.
• Use AI daily in coding tasks and advocate for state-of-the-art agentic practices.
• Mentor engineers both within and outside your team to enhance skills and knowledge.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code with a focus on performance and scalability.
• Experiment with various AI approaches to improve developer productivity at Microsoft.

What we're looking for

• Extensive experience building with Agent SDKs, large language models (LLMs), and AI orchestration frameworks.
• Proven track record of delivering large-scale, production-quality software systems as a Software Engineer.
• Strong proficiency in software engineering fundamentals including system design, algorithms, testing, debugging, and code review.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical direction and mentor peers in a collaborative team environment.
• Familiarity with agentic AI development patterns such as multi-step reasoning, tool/function calling, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Hands-on experience with AI-powered developer tooling like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex/ChatGPT, and Cursor.