Principal Software Engineer- Microsoft Teams, Agentic AI

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Microsoft Teams is the central hub for teamwork, bringing together people, content, and tools to enhance team engagement and effectiveness. It plays a pivotal role in Microsoft’s vision for modern work, modern life, and modern education. Our team focuses on bringing the power of AI through Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Copilot to our frontline customers. Frontline customers span across multiple industries such as Retail, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Travel, Finance, etc. and have numerous earned differences (e.g. are often mobile-first, often use more voice communication than text communication, etc.) from other kinds of users that makes this a field filled with challenges and opportunities!

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who thrives in a fast-moving, innovation-driven environment. Come shape the future of frontline productivity at the heart of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot where your ideas matter and your code ships to millions!

In this role, you will:

• Work on a product that is directly used by the customer (one or more agents).
• Contribute to the platform and infrastructure required to deliver those agents.
• Collaborate and work across multiple disciplines.
• Communicate priorities and tradeoffs to lay out a path for achieving our vision.
• Lead by example, mentor others and help them grow by learning from you.
• Continuously iterate and apply learnings to improve quality and execution of the product at scale.
• Inspire and motivate individuals to work together towards common goals.

Our culture is inclusive, customer-driven; our team members come from diverse backgrounds, are passionate and loyal to coworkers and our products, and grounded in our customer and business needs. Our team has a sense of artisanship and accountability and provides its members many opportunities for learning and career growth.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  
  • OR equivalent expirence
• Experience designing and architecting distributed systems & shipping highly scalable, available and reliable production software
• Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and user experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent expirence
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers.
• Experience for learning new technologies and staying up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in web development and AI.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to changing requirements and deadlines.
• Ability to mentor and unblock engineers, providing architectural reviews, threat models, and best‑practice guidance for distributed systems and conversational AI.
• Demostrated ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team
• Experience engaging with customers during integration or deployment phases, with a focus on delivering value and incorporating feedback into product evolution.

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 22,2025

• Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios.
• Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
• Leverages subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., product managers) to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items.
• Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
• Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers.