Principal Software Engineer, AI / Agentic Developer Productivity
Microsoft
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This role pays more than 61% of similar roles. Most pay $149,875–$206,737 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $178k for comparable roles.
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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
Microsoft currently has 598 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 589 roles with salary data.
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As a Senior Software Engineer (Agentic AI) within the Scale and Partner AI Experiences organization, you will design and ship core components of an agentic sales platform used by seller and partner teams. You will own features from prototype to production, focusing on orchestration, grounding, evals, observability, model routing, and SDK surfaces. The role requires building high-quality systems while collaborating with internal partners like AI Foundry and Microsoft Research to integrate shared primitives. Candidates should possess experience in C#, TypeScript, or Python and have a background in shipping LLM-based or agent-based systems. Key technical requirements include familiarity with stacks like LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or AutoGen, alongside proficiency in AI-native development tools such as GitHub Copilot CLI. You will solve complex problems regarding non-deterministic system observability and multi-tenant safety for the sales ecosystem.
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