Software Engineer II-Foundry Agent Platform Team

Microsoft

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Redmond, WA · New York, NY · Boston, MA
Salary: $102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted: 9 days ago
Closes: Nov 23, 2026

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This role $152k

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TL;DR · Software Engineer II-Foundry Agent Platform Team

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As a Senior Software Engineer on the Foundry Agent Platform team, you will design, build, and operate production software that supports critical business and customer scenarios using AI-assisted and data-driven techniques. Your daily work involves improving system quality, reliability, and efficiency while leveraging distributed systems, cloud services, and modern software engineering practices. The role requires experience with Microsoft Azure for cloud-based service operations, including monitoring and live-site support, as well as applying AI to enhance software development tasks. You will contribute to foundational platforms that power the next generation of applications using Generative AI, focusing on areas like agent distribution, unified data layers, discovery features, billing systems, and authoring agents to improve team efficiency.

Skills

Microsoft Azure AI Distributed Systems Cloud Services Modern Software Engineering Practices CI/CD Python Go Java Kubernetes Terraform Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis Git Jenkins

What you'll do

Design and build production software supporting critical business and customer scenarios.
Apply AI-assisted techniques to enhance system quality, reliability, and efficiency.
Develop a unified data layer with enterprise guarantees for diverse user objects.
Implement agent distribution features to integrate AI where users are already present.
Create discovery and search features including the public Azure AI Catalog.

What we're looking for

Experience designing, developing, and maintaining production software with high correctness and availability.
Proficiency in operating cloud-based services like Microsoft Azure for reliability and monitoring.
Expertise in applying AI techniques to enhance system quality and efficiency.
Knowledge of distributed systems, cloud services, and modern software engineering practices.
Ability to work in a hybrid model balancing in-office collaboration with remote work.

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