Senior Software Engineer/ Principal Software Engineer - Copilot CLI | Microsoft Careers

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Closes: Nov 29, 2026

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer/ Principal Software Engineer - Copilot CLI | Microsoft Careers

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As a Senior Software Engineer on GitHub’s CoreAI Copilot CLI team, you will play a pivotal role in developing and refining the coding agent for the terminal interface. This high-autonomy position requires expertise in building reliable, production-grade developer tools that integrate modern AI systems into seamless user experiences. Your daily responsibilities include setting technical standards, designing performant terminal interfaces, and leveraging data-driven insights to enhance product quality. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the CLI and underlying agent platform meet rigorous performance benchmarks while fostering a culture of ownership and excellence. Ideal candidates possess extensive experience in building agentic systems and developer tools, along with strong skills in systems design, debugging complex environments, and optimizing evaluations for AI-driven products.

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Python Go Rust C++ JavaScript TypeScript Docker Kubernetes AWS GitHub CI/CD PostgreSQL Redis Git GraphQL React Next.js Terraform Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

Take ownership of critical product and platform areas for the Copilot CLI.
Design and implement high-performance, reliable terminal experiences for developers.
Use data and user feedback to guide iterative improvements in agentic systems.
Set technical standards and influence engineering practices beyond your team.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enable development on shared platforms.
Build and optimize evaluations for agentic systems, including tools and prompts.

What we're looking for

5+ years of experience building and shipping customer-facing developer products.
Deep expertise in systems design, performance optimization, and debugging complex production environments.
Hands-on experience with generative AI or agentic systems, including quality and reliability ownership.
Strong product mindset with a proven track record of delivering high-quality outcomes from ambiguous problem spaces.
Experience designing and optimizing evaluations for agentic systems, including tools and agent loops.
Proficiency in building terminal user interfaces (TUIs) or working with low-level terminal primitives.

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Senior Software Engineer | Microsoft Careers

Microsoft

Redmond, WA 37 days ago $119,800–$234,700

Microsoft Azure CI/CD Telemetry Debugging Networking Operating Systems Authentication Docker Kubernetes Python Go SQL PostgreSQL Redis MongoDB Git GitHub Jenkins Prometheus Grafana

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