This role pays more than
85%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$225,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$231k
versus about
$200k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Microsoft
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
Microsoft currently has
598 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
across 586 roles with salary data.
As a Principal Software Engineer on the Copilot and Agents Core Platform team, you will shape the architecture and development of next-generation agent runtime infrastructure. You will build scalable systems for long-running tasks, multi-agent collaboration, and proactive workflows while implementing features like Agent-to-Agent protocols, declarative extensibility models, and dynamic configuration. The role involves designing orchestration patterns for delegation and shared memory contexts to support LLM-powered agents within a productivity ecosystem. To succeed, you must possess extensive experience in distributed systems, runtime architecture, or platform engineering. You will utilize programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. Your work focuses on solving complex technical challenges regarding agentic patterns and infrastructure for large-scale orchestration, ensuring stability and performance while influencing the long-term technical strategy for AI-driven workflows and extensible runtime environments.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $202800 from 326 postings across 28 companies.