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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 Software Engineer II on the Microsoft Turing team, you will collaborate with scientists and engineers to design, build, and scale the core systems powering Microsoft 365 Copilot. Your daily responsibilities involve developing backend platform capabilities, creating high-performance features for next-generation AI experiences, and defining architecture and implementation plans while ensuring robust test coverage. You will work on critical infrastructure such as orchestration and runtime systems, artifact generation, code harnesses, and multimodal, real-time interactions. The role requires proficiency in programming languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. Candidates should possess skills in software engineering fundamentals, problem-solving, and data analysis. This position focuses on the technical challenge of bringing large language models into production at enterprise scale to enable intelligent systems that run reliably and securely.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $202800 from 326 postings across 28 companies.
Build core orchestration and runtime systems for Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Develop advanced AI capabilities including artifact generation and code harnesses.
Deliver state-of-the-art models and features to enterprise customers.
Enable multimodal, real-time, and agentic interactions within the platform.
Engineer infrastructure for AI-driven computer and tool use at scale.
Design and deliver scalable, high-performance features for next-generation AI experiences.
Define system architecture, implementation plans, and robust test coverage.
Improve engineering processes to contribute to team best practices.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of experience coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Equivalent experience to a Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of engineering experience is acceptable.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 3+ years of technical engineering experience (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 5+ years of technical engineering experience (preferred).
1+ years of industry experience in Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Systems, Information Retrieval, or Data Mining (preferred).
Ability to work end-to-end in a technical problem domain including planning, design, execution, release, and service operation (preferred).
Experience in software engineering fundamentals, including coding, problem solving, and data analysis skills (preferred).
Distributed Systems
Azure
AWS
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Python
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C#
C++
Swift
Kotlin
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Objective C
CI/CD
Identity and Access Management
Automated Testing
Monitoring
Data Protection