Senior Software Engineer (Agentic AI)

Microsoft

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$119,800–$234,700 / yr
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6 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Mar 9, 2027

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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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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer (Agentic AI)

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.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $197625 from 2176 postings across 136 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and build core components of the agentic sales platform including orchestration, grounding, and model routing.
  • Own features end-to-end from initial prototype through production deployment.
  • Implement evaluation harnesses and observability for non-deterministic AI systems.
  • Integrate shared primitives like agent SDKs and content safety protocols into the product.
  • Establish and maintain high standards for Responsible AI and production-grade quality in sales tools.
  • Mentor peers and improve engineering standards through code and design reviews.
  • Incorporate advanced agentic patterns and research into the team's development workflows.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of engineering experience in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Experience with at least one of C#, TypeScript, or Python while being comfortable across all three.
  • Demonstrated ability to own and ship significant features or architectural components end to end.
  • 1+ year shipping LLM-based or agent-based systems in production, including experience with evals, observability, and debugging (preferred).
  • Production experience with major agent stacks such as Microsoft 365 Agents SDK, AutoGen, LangGraph, or Semantic Kernel (preferred).
  • Proficiency in AI-native development, including orchestrating multi-step workflows and reviewing Agent-generated code (preferred).
  • Experience standing up evals/observability for non-deterministic systems or contributing to the safety posture of multi-tenant systems (preferred).
  • Public artifacts showing how you build with agents, such as side projects, open-source contributions, or technical writing (preferred).

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