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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 Principal Software Engineer on the WorkIQ-Infra team, you will shape and build the Agent Connectivity Platform to enable AI agents to discover, authenticate to, and interact with enterprise and third-party systems. You will drive architecture and technical direction while designing, building, and operating core platform services involving connectors, connection lifecycle management, authentication, authorization, and secure tool invocation. Your daily work involves writing high-quality code, performing design reviews, and defining evaluation strategies for agentic systems to ensure measurable quality. The role requires proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, along with experience in identity technologies like OAuth 2.0 and Microsoft Entra ID. You will solve complex distributed-systems challenges to provide secure, reliable, and governed connectivity for agents operating across organizational boundaries within the Agent 365 ecosystem.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $195000 from 1914 postings across 140 companies.
Drive architecture and technical direction for the Agent Connectivity Platform to ensure scalable and secure designs.
Design, build, and operate core platform services including connectors, authentication, and authorization systems.
Own end-to-end delivery from initial requirements and design through implementation, testing, and production operations.
Write high-quality code while raising engineering standards through peer reviews and technical mentorship.
Integrate security, compliance, tenant isolation, and governance into the platform architecture and connection lifecycles.
Serve as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) to lead incident diagnosis, mitigation, and operational improvements.
Improve platform availability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency through targeted engineering investments.
Define evaluation strategies and platforms for agentic systems to establish rigorous benchmarks and quality measurements.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of experience coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud background checks.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 8+ years of engineering experience (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 12+ years of engineering experience (preferred).
Experience with identity and access technologies such as OAuth 2.0, Microsoft Entra ID, and credential lifecycle management (preferred).
Experience building agent-facing tools or services, including familiarity with Model Context Protocol (preferred).
Experience designing and operating multi-tenant services with enterprise security, governance, and compliance requirements (preferred).
3+ years of professional experience using generative AI to accelerate software development and operations (preferred).
C
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Azure Virtual Desktop
Windows 365
client-engineering
Test Automation
Performance Measurement
Observability
Monitoring
Diagnostics