Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
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Salary: $139,900–$274,800 / yr
Posted: 43 days ago

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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 in Microsoft Copilot Studio’s incubation team, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure platform capabilities for Digital Workers that operate seamlessly across Azure, Microsoft 365, and Power Platform. Your day-to-day responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams to shape end-to-end system designs, participating in architecture reviews, and ensuring robust technical execution through CI/CD practices and live-site operations. You will mentor peers on responsible AI engineering patterns and champion excellence in reliability and observability for enterprise-scale agentic services. The role requires expertise in languages like C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, along with experience in designing large-scale cloud services and building generative AI experiences.

Skills

Python JavaScript C# Azure CI/CD Kubernetes Docker Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis Git GitHub Jenkins Terraform AWS Google Cloud Platform DevOps

What you'll do

Lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure platform capabilities for Digital Workers.
Contribute to end-to-end system design by partnering with cross-functional teams on Azure and Microsoft 365.
Drive technical execution across the Digital Worker platform by influencing architecture decisions.
Translate emerging Digital Worker scenarios into robust platform capabilities aligned with customer needs.
Champion engineering excellence in CI/CD, reliability, observability for production-ready services.

What we're looking for

10+ years of technical engineering experience in software development.
Strong background in coding with languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Experience designing and operating large-scale cloud services on Azure or similar platforms.
Proven track record in building agentic systems and generative AI experiences.
Ability to lead the design of scalable, secure platform capabilities for enterprise use.

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