This role pays more than
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$209k
versus about
$177k
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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
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As a Principal Engineer in Microsoft Copilot Studio’s incubation team, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure, and reliable platform capabilities for AI agents that operate as teammates within enterprise environments. Your day-to-day responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver agentic experiences across Azure, Microsoft 365, and Power Platform, driving technical execution by influencing architecture decisions, and ensuring production-ready services through CI/CD, reliability, observability, and live-site operations. You will also mentor peers in system design and responsible AI engineering patterns while translating emerging scenarios into robust platform capabilities aligned with customer needs. This role requires expertise in distributed systems, applied AI, and user experience, as well as familiarity with Azure or other large-scale cloud platforms.
Python
TypeScript
REST API
AWS
Docker
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Redshift
Snowflake
ETL orchestration
LLM-assisted development tools
Claude Code
GitHub Copilot
CI/CD