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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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As a Software Engineer II on the Contact Center AI team, you will design, build, and operate features for the Microsoft Copilot Studio runtime. You will develop production-grade code for the agentic stack, including agent orchestration, planning, knowledge grounding, and real-time voice experiences with low-latency speech-to-speech capabilities. Your daily work involves building scalable backend services using event-driven patterns, service mesh, and high-throughput APIs like REST and gRPC. You will manage the full service lifecycle, including CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code. The role requires proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. You will solve complex problems by creating reliable, enterprise-grade conversational AI services that integrate with Azure to power intelligent, agentic customer engagement across various digital channels.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196750 from 2601 postings across 154 companies.
Design, implement, and ship production-grade features across the agentic stack.
Build agent orchestration, planning, grounding, and memory for the Microsoft Copilot Studio runtime.
Develop real-time voice agents with low-latency speech-to-speech and interruption handling.
Build scalable backend services using event-driven patterns and high-throughput REST or gRPC APIs.
Manage the full service lifecycle including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and on-call support.
Embed fairness, safety, privacy, and reliability into all software components.
Participate in design and code reviews to ensure high-quality software delivery.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent).
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including a Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 3+ years of technical engineering experience in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 5+ years of technical engineering experience in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Experience with cloud technologies, specifically Azure (preferred).
Hands-on experience with agent frameworks, LLM orchestration, RAG, tool/function calling, and prompt/grounding strategies (preferred).
Experience with or exposure to Microsoft Copilot Studio architecture, conversational platforms, or agent runtimes (preferred).
Real-time voice or speech experience, including ASR/TTS, speech-to-speech, telephony/media pipelines, or low-latency streaming (preferred).
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Artificial Intelligence
Distributed Systems
Information Retrieval
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Large Language Models
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Deep Learning
Data Analysis
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C#
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LLM Orchestration
RAG
REST
gRPC
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Speech-to-Speech
Microsoft Copilot Studio
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